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People from across Cardiff came together on National Libraries Day to stage a ‘read-in’ to oppose cuts to Cardiff library services

UNISON will submit thousands of signatures from across the Vale of Glamorgan to the local council in a bid to protect library services. Library services across the Vale of Glamorgan have come under threat as a result of budget constraints. Council proposals include redycung opening hours, cutting staff numbers, and a call to community groups […]

Still time to sign petition which will be handed in to Neath and Port Talbot county borough on Monday 11 January

Still time to sign petition which will be handed in to Neath and Port Talbot county borough on Monday 11 January

All in a day’s work for today’s librarian

"This clearly shows that consultation and partnership arrangements with the trade unions, residents, staff and users of these services have worked in keeping these services open […]

The final decision to do this falls to you, as one of our elected Councillors. We need you to stop this as it just isn’t right.

Our local libraries are used daily by many residents for far […]

From the early trade unionists – many of them self taught – to the generations of students educated through […]

A local government member tells us about the effect of cuts on his community’s archive

Friends and fellow UNISON members Elaine Brooks and Elaine Cotterell have worked in libraries all their lives. They travelled to London to defend their passion