[Scla-list] FW: [fllan] Out of Work Librarians Need Your Help NOW!!!

[Gilson, Thomas V]

Hi everyone,

As you can see we need your help to insure that funding for librarians
is included in the Senate version of the Jobs for Main Street Act.  If
you prefer sending an email the Out of Work Librarians Need your Help
NOW alert is also the featured  on the SCLA CapWiz site.  And even if
you are planning to call, the alert on CapWiz will provide you with
useful talking points.

Thanks,

Tom  

 

From: Kristin K. Murphy [mailto:kmurphy at alawash.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:27 AM
To: fllan at ala.org
Subject: [fllan] Out of Work Librarians Need Your Help NOW!!!

 

The current draft of the Senate's $80 billion version of the Jobs for
Main Street Act does not include librarians.  However, the bill does
include $18 billion for hiring and retaining teachers.  Please call both
of your Senators and ask them to write a letter to Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), and Senator
Byron Dorgan (D-ND), requesting that the hiring and retaining of
librarians be included in the $18 billion as well. 


This bill could come up at any moment and it is critically important
that you contact your Senators immediately and tell them to send this
letter.  Also, tell them what your library is doing to help people find
jobs.  We cannot let this legislation pass without the inclusion of
libraries, and we have no chance of getting libraries into this
legislation without your calls!!


Please call today at 202.224.3121.

 

 

Kristin Murphy

Government Relations Specialist

American Library Association - Washington Office

1615 New Hampshire Ave. NW, First Floor

Washington, D.C., 20009-2520

Phone Number: 202.628.8410

kmurphy at alawash.org

 

Questions about the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act?  Go to
www.ala.org/knowyourstimulus

 

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