Los Angeles County Library Aides
Demonstrate for Pay Hike
More than 120 pages and aides from the Los Angeles County Library system, as well as their supporters, peacefully picketed and handed out leaflets to appeal for a pay increase in front of branches in El Monte, West Hollywood, Carson, and Valencia May 17. According to the May 18 Los Angeles Times, the lunch-break demonstrations were intended to heighten awareness of the issue. Mark Tarnawsky, communications director for the Service Employees International Union, which represents county workers, said pages generally make $6.51 an hour and aides $7.98, with no benefits for the part-timers.
They’re asking for $8.32 an hour with health insurance coverage or $9.46 an hour without coverage. Tarnawsky told the Times there are over 800 library aides and pages in the county “who are making less than the living wage, most of whom are part-time.” The increase would bring aides and pages in line with the “living wage” the county board of supervisors has proposed for all companies contracting with the county.
Posted May 24, 1999.
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