Changes To The Library Service

Library staff have been intimidated from campaigning on this issue - or even talking about it. So if you want to help stop the spread of corporate clones and identikit staff, please help by writing to the media, to your councillors, and filling in council comment forms available in libraries. You can email library bosses too.

And please encourage other people to write to the media and councillors too.

Staff have not been consulted on this.
When people joined the library service, they had no idea that this would happen.
The initial cost, out of public money, will be around £25,000. Then there will be ongoing costs.
Money spent on uniforms will mean less money spent on books and buildings.
Demoralised staff will not give the best service.
It is impossible to see how library users could benefit from this measure.
Only library assistants will be expected to wear uniforms - management and "professional" staff can be treated as adults who can choose their own clothes.
It is obvious who is staff in a library - they wear badges and are doing the work.
Libraries have worked perfectly well without uniforms up to now.
Bosses are only bullying workers because they think they can.

Although library workers are not allowed to tell anyone this is happening, it is in the public domain: See  http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/sitemap/services/leisure_and_culture/libraries/lcli_plans_and_policies.htm
Library service plan 2007/8 and search for "uniform".

You can give feedback from this page:
 http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/sitemap/services/leisure_and_culture/libraries/enquiries_and_feedback/comments_and_feedback.htm
It won't take long and will be a big help to library workers. Management needs to be told that the public doesn't want uniformed workers.

Will there be marching and saluting next?

There was a good article in the Evening Post (!) by Jeremy Lewis - go to the Post website and search for "library".

Thanks.

Please get signatures on this petition against library uniforms, then email the address on the bottom. Thanks