Alan Wylie
@alanwy.bsky.social
Library Worker, Trade Unionist & Activist.
We’ve organised marches, protests & lobby’s.
We’ve given evidence to Parliament, met with Ministers, written articles & published research.
And still the cuts continue.
What we need now is coordinated mass industrial action, a National Library Workers Strike.
@unisontheunion.bsky.social
We’ve given evidence to Parliament, met with Ministers, written articles & published research.
And still the cuts continue.
What we need now is coordinated mass industrial action, a National Library Workers Strike.
@unisontheunion.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We’ve organised marches, protests & lobby’s.
We’ve given evidence to Parliament, met with Ministers, written articles & published research.
And still the cuts continue.
What we need now is coordinated mass industrial action, a National Library Workers Strike.
@unisontheunion.bsky.social
We’ve given evidence to Parliament, met with Ministers, written articles & published research.
And still the cuts continue.
What we need now is coordinated mass industrial action, a National Library Workers Strike.
@unisontheunion.bsky.social
Public Libraries are a statutory service.
Councils provide/fund them.
Library Workers are paid & trained to run them.
The 1964 Act makes no provision for alternatives such as volunteer-led etc.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is deluded, ignorant or lying.
#savelibraries
Councils provide/fund them.
Library Workers are paid & trained to run them.
The 1964 Act makes no provision for alternatives such as volunteer-led etc.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is deluded, ignorant or lying.
#savelibraries
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Public Libraries are a statutory service.
Councils provide/fund them.
Library Workers are paid & trained to run them.
The 1964 Act makes no provision for alternatives such as volunteer-led etc.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is deluded, ignorant or lying.
#savelibraries
Councils provide/fund them.
Library Workers are paid & trained to run them.
The 1964 Act makes no provision for alternatives such as volunteer-led etc.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is deluded, ignorant or lying.
#savelibraries
If you need advice, support and/or someone to speak at your lobby/protest against library cuts & closures then please get in touch ✊
#savelibraries
#savelibraries
July 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you need advice, support and/or someone to speak at your lobby/protest against library cuts & closures then please get in touch ✊
#savelibraries
#savelibraries
My Nephew, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, playing for England last night 🤩
June 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My Nephew, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, playing for England last night 🤩
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KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tory...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tory...
May 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tory...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tory...
I’ve joined @CILIPinfo - I’m hoping to meet some new colleagues and further the discussion re Public Libraries specifically around ethics & advocacy.
May 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I’ve joined @CILIPinfo - I’m hoping to meet some new colleagues and further the discussion re Public Libraries specifically around ethics & advocacy.
As workers and Trade Unionists we can’t only rely on laws to protect us, we need to organise, protest & take action.
We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with our communities to fight & oppose the rise of fascism not just in this country but in the US & across the world ✊
We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with our communities to fight & oppose the rise of fascism not just in this country but in the US & across the world ✊
May 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
As workers and Trade Unionists we can’t only rely on laws to protect us, we need to organise, protest & take action.
We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with our communities to fight & oppose the rise of fascism not just in this country but in the US & across the world ✊
We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with our communities to fight & oppose the rise of fascism not just in this country but in the US & across the world ✊
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Hey Peterborough, please take some time this weekend to contact City Council and the Mayor about the impending cuts to our library -- this will include eliminating the Children's Librarian role entirely. CUPE makes it easy for you to speak out against these cuts:
cupe.on.ca/library-with...
cupe.on.ca/library-with...
What is a library without librarians? - CUPE Ontario
cupe.on.ca
April 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hey Peterborough, please take some time this weekend to contact City Council and the Mayor about the impending cuts to our library -- this will include eliminating the Children's Librarian role entirely. CUPE makes it easy for you to speak out against these cuts:
cupe.on.ca/library-with...
cupe.on.ca/library-with...
Can anyone help me translate the inscription on this 17/18th century? Axe (possibly Finnish - Billnas), some of it looks runic.
April 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Can anyone help me translate the inscription on this 17/18th century? Axe (possibly Finnish - Billnas), some of it looks runic.
I’m in my beloved Suffolk for a couple of days of needed rest, just arrived in Ipswich forgetting that buses to Hadleigh are few and far between so a bit of a wait.
I’ll be popping into the library there to see if anything has changed?
#Suffolk
#libraries
I’ll be popping into the library there to see if anything has changed?
#Suffolk
#libraries
April 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I’m in my beloved Suffolk for a couple of days of needed rest, just arrived in Ipswich forgetting that buses to Hadleigh are few and far between so a bit of a wait.
I’ll be popping into the library there to see if anything has changed?
#Suffolk
#libraries
I’ll be popping into the library there to see if anything has changed?
#Suffolk
#libraries
Any public library staff out there who work in libraries with pods and no library desk? Are you still allowed to have chairs or are you expected to floor walk all day?
#librarylife
#librarylife
April 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Any public library staff out there who work in libraries with pods and no library desk? Are you still allowed to have chairs or are you expected to floor walk all day?
#librarylife
#librarylife
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#WelfareNotWarfare
DPAC Day of Action
List of Local actions across the UK 26.03.25
Find your locak action and join in
dpac.uk.net/2025/03/welf...
DPAC Day of Action
List of Local actions across the UK 26.03.25
Find your locak action and join in
dpac.uk.net/2025/03/welf...
#WelfareNotWarfare - list of local actions - DPAC
DPAC goes to TUC Yorkshire and the North East Conference
dpac.uk.net
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#WelfareNotWarfare
DPAC Day of Action
List of Local actions across the UK 26.03.25
Find your locak action and join in
dpac.uk.net/2025/03/welf...
DPAC Day of Action
List of Local actions across the UK 26.03.25
Find your locak action and join in
dpac.uk.net/2025/03/welf...
Reposted by Alan Wylie
An article from the Guardian. I am sorry to have all this super crummy news to share, but I think it's important that people understand the scope of this. As @edrabinski.bsky.social always says "We are stronger together" and we are many and we are organized.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s attack on libraries was predictable. Its consequences could be devastating | Leo S Lo
The president wants to eliminate the agency backing libraries and museums. But the institutions do far more than lend books
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
An article from the Guardian. I am sorry to have all this super crummy news to share, but I think it's important that people understand the scope of this. As @edrabinski.bsky.social always says "We are stronger together" and we are many and we are organized.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Library funding draws less than 0.003% of the annual federal budget yet has enormous impact in communities" @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social has a good FAQ about what is happening with/to IMLS; helpful as we decide what to say to our reps, what to put on our signs.
www.ala.org/faq-executiv...
www.ala.org/faq-executiv...
FAQ: Executive Order Targeting IMLS
This set of frequently asked questions is intended to help library workers, library advocates, and library users understand this Executive Order.
www.ala.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Library funding draws less than 0.003% of the annual federal budget yet has enormous impact in communities" @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social has a good FAQ about what is happening with/to IMLS; helpful as we decide what to say to our reps, what to put on our signs.
www.ala.org/faq-executiv...
www.ala.org/faq-executiv...
Reposted by Alan Wylie
#WelfareNotWarefare
List of actions so far for the National Day of Action on Wednesday 26th March 2025
More to be announced 📢
List of actions so far for the National Day of Action on Wednesday 26th March 2025
More to be announced 📢
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#WelfareNotWarefare
List of actions so far for the National Day of Action on Wednesday 26th March 2025
More to be announced 📢
List of actions so far for the National Day of Action on Wednesday 26th March 2025
More to be announced 📢
Very pleased about my latest charity shop find; a wooden puppet theatre with 8 puppets. It disassembles and fits into the base. Looks 1950’s but not sure?
#charityshops
#charityshops
March 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Very pleased about my latest charity shop find; a wooden puppet theatre with 8 puppets. It disassembles and fits into the base. Looks 1950’s but not sure?
#charityshops
#charityshops
15yrs of constant campaigning, protesting, marching, lobbying, writing articles, giving interviews & submitting evidence only to see a @UKLabour government push on with austerity.
Only to see more library cuts & closures.
🤬😔 #savelibraries
Only to see more library cuts & closures.
🤬😔 #savelibraries
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
15yrs of constant campaigning, protesting, marching, lobbying, writing articles, giving interviews & submitting evidence only to see a @UKLabour government push on with austerity.
Only to see more library cuts & closures.
🤬😔 #savelibraries
Only to see more library cuts & closures.
🤬😔 #savelibraries
Looking forward to speaking at Havering Unison AGM today then on to Brixton to speak at the protest organised by my friends and comrades in Lambeth Unison and Save Lambeth Libraries
#savelibraries ✊
#savelibraries ✊
March 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Looking forward to speaking at Havering Unison AGM today then on to Brixton to speak at the protest organised by my friends and comrades in Lambeth Unison and Save Lambeth Libraries
#savelibraries ✊
#savelibraries ✊
Roti Canai and fish kari at Gopals Corner in the Market Hall opposite Victoria Station, delicious 🤤
February 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Roti Canai and fish kari at Gopals Corner in the Market Hall opposite Victoria Station, delicious 🤤
The Hubs model, other cuts ravaged services shoe-horned into the same space as libraries, has been a disaster for the sector.
Dedicated library space/staff/skills have been lost and we’ve ended up with a poorer service, it’s not innovative it’s cuts.
#savelibraries
Dedicated library space/staff/skills have been lost and we’ve ended up with a poorer service, it’s not innovative it’s cuts.
#savelibraries
February 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Hubs model, other cuts ravaged services shoe-horned into the same space as libraries, has been a disaster for the sector.
Dedicated library space/staff/skills have been lost and we’ve ended up with a poorer service, it’s not innovative it’s cuts.
#savelibraries
Dedicated library space/staff/skills have been lost and we’ve ended up with a poorer service, it’s not innovative it’s cuts.
#savelibraries
More stories about Library Workers being threatened, abused and assaulted, this isn’t a new thing but it’s definitely getting worse.
Cuts, short-staffing, poor management, colocation and socio-economic pressures have put library staff at greater risk.
#protectlibraryworkers
Cuts, short-staffing, poor management, colocation and socio-economic pressures have put library staff at greater risk.
#protectlibraryworkers
February 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
More stories about Library Workers being threatened, abused and assaulted, this isn’t a new thing but it’s definitely getting worse.
Cuts, short-staffing, poor management, colocation and socio-economic pressures have put library staff at greater risk.
#protectlibraryworkers
Cuts, short-staffing, poor management, colocation and socio-economic pressures have put library staff at greater risk.
#protectlibraryworkers
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The lobby to keep Dudley Leisure Centres a Public Service is now on all our social media.
Please Like and Share.....
Instagram
www.instagram.com/p/DFuo4Ofo30...
X /Twitter
x.com/UnisonDudley...
Facebook
www.facebook.com/share/p/15aJ...
#KeepDBLeisureaPublicService
Please Like and Share.....
www.instagram.com/p/DFuo4Ofo30...
X /Twitter
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www.facebook.com/share/p/15aJ...
#KeepDBLeisureaPublicService
February 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The lobby to keep Dudley Leisure Centres a Public Service is now on all our social media.
Please Like and Share.....
Instagram
www.instagram.com/p/DFuo4Ofo30...
X /Twitter
x.com/UnisonDudley...
Facebook
www.facebook.com/share/p/15aJ...
#KeepDBLeisureaPublicService
Please Like and Share.....
www.instagram.com/p/DFuo4Ofo30...
X /Twitter
x.com/UnisonDudley...
www.facebook.com/share/p/15aJ...
#KeepDBLeisureaPublicService
At the start of the ‘Save Havering Libraries’ Rally ✊
February 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
At the start of the ‘Save Havering Libraries’ Rally ✊
Had to get out of the house today so jumped on buses and did a tour of North-west London through the wilds of Willesden, Harlesden, Park Royal and then to Acton for some lovely Ghanaian food and then to Shepherds Bush then to Camden and home, phew 😮💨
#london
#london
February 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Had to get out of the house today so jumped on buses and did a tour of North-west London through the wilds of Willesden, Harlesden, Park Royal and then to Acton for some lovely Ghanaian food and then to Shepherds Bush then to Camden and home, phew 😮💨
#london
#london
I’ll be speaking at this rally please show your support and solidarity if you can ✊
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’ll be speaking at this rally please show your support and solidarity if you can ✊