UK librarians take to the streets over budget cuts

Library workers in Barnet took to the streets to protest budget cuts on Tuesday:

Unison members, including social services, finance, housing services, HR and education workers, stood outside Hendon’s Town Hall in The Burroughs to express their concerns at being forced to relocate or lose their jobs as a result of budget cuts proposed by Barnet Council and agreed at the meeting.

Library workers, particularly, were angry at the council’s plans to relocate staff to different positions across the borough in an effort to deal with cuts in the service …

Complete article from This is Hertfordshire, via Rare Book News.