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Toronto library workers launch ‘precarious work’ campaign

Interior of the Beaches Public Library 2161 Queen Street East, Toronto. Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images

The union representing Toronto public library employees have launched a campaign to highlight the growing problem of precarious work.

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Toronto Public Library Workers Union Local 4948 says its members represent the highest rate of precarious work of all City of Toronto departments and agencies.

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The union says half of workers hold jobs that are part-time, with unstable income, no job security, no benefits and no pensions.

Furthermore, 75 per cent are women and 50 per cent of them work part-time without benefits.

The campaign comes a day after the city reached a tentative agreement with its inside workers and two days before Toronto’s International Women’s Day March.

Local 4948 represents about 2200 library workers across the city in 100 branches.

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