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Support striking Fenway workers!

Fenway Park Workers Deserve Living Wages & Respect | Sen. Bernie Sanders Fenway Park is an iconic American institution, and it’s the workers there that make every Red Sox game special.The team is extremely profitable. They should ...

"Below are the services that will be eliminated immediately.

Explore Grants that were awarded in February to 18 libraries.
Twelve Perkins Accessibility training sessions open to all members of the library community. The sessions, designed to increase library accessibility for people with disabilities, included topics like creating accessible web content and multimedia, creating accessible documents, and writing about people with disabilities.
Access to training and continuing education for all library directors, staff, Trustees, Friends of the Library groups, and foundations made possible through statewide memberships in United for Libraries, the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations, and the WebJunction Learning Place for Libraries.
A grant to the Department of Corrections and funding for MBLC's Manga Book Collection that served Department of Corrections and County Jail libraries. The program allowed the MBLC to collaborate with librarians working in prison and jail libraries across the Commonwealth."

Federal Uncertainty Causes Cuts - MBLC In the wake of President Trump's Executive Order 14238 that targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the notice that the entire IMLS staff was put on administrative leave on March 31, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) announced cuts to library services a...

Support laid off federal employees and spread the word!

Federal Unionist Network’s
Boston "Clap Out" - standing in solidarity with the federal workers fired from the US Department of Education as they leave their offices for the last time this Wednesday, 10am to 11am at 5 Post Office Square.