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August 25, 2007
Times-Colonist Mediator here next week in capital library dispute
August 29
Times-Colonist Library staff poised to strike
August 31
Times-Colonist Library union to issue 72-hour strike notice Tuesday
September 7, 2007
Times-Colonist Walkout closes Greater Victoria libraries for three hours
Goldstream Gazette Librarian strike looms
September 8
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library workers wages not equitable
September 11
Library Journal Another library strike emerges in British Columbia
September 12
Peninsula News Library workers walk out
Monday Magazine The week (scroll down)
Victoria News More action planned in library dispute
September 14
Times-Colonist All libraries open today following protest
September 21
Saanich News Workers set to shut down region’s libraries
CFAX Radio: Library workers hold noon hour rally - (inactive link, see Media Coverage - text version)
September 26
Peninsula News Review Library strike continues
September 27
Times-Colonist Library workers hold off on further job action
October 1, 2007
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library workers pay more than fair
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Pay scale unfair to library workers
October 3
Times-Colonist Library workers rejected in bid for council’s ear
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library workers deserve fair pay
Saanich News Union leans on council
Saanich News. Letter to the editor: Leadership needed in Victoria library dispute - no link, see text version
October 9
Times-Colonist Library talks stall, workers consider full-scale strike
October 10
CBC Radio Victoria-area libraries hit with job action
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library workers deserve pay equity
Oak Bay News Letter to the editor: Pay equity needs addressing
Times-Colonist Angry library workers reduce services
October 12
Victoria News Letter to the editor: Library workers need our support
October 13
Times-Colonist Library job action escalates as internet disconnected
October 17
Monday Magazine Checking out the GVLRA
Times-Colonist Librarians refuse to collect fines as part of job action
Oak Bay News Union won’t collect fines
Goldstream Gazette Library pickets could hit JdF without warning
October 19
Peninsula News Review Letter to the editor - see text version
October 21
Times-Colonist Dispute shuts down entire library system
October 22
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library union’s strategy alienating
October 24
Monday Magazine The week (scroll down to Libraries open for now)
October 25
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library workers deserve support
October 26
Peninsula News Review Police blotter: suspect sought in library vandalism
October 27
Times-Colonist Contract talks still stalled in library dispute
October 29
CFAX Radio New library job action announced
October 30
Times-Colonist Library workers order noon-hour shutdown
October 31
Goldstream Gazette Union snubbing Langford library
Monday Magazine The week (scroll down for 3 articles on the strike & GVLRA)
November 5, 2007
CFAX Radio 2 items on dissenting worker - see text version
November 6
CFAX Radio see text version
November 7
CFAX Radio - Frank Stanford’s comment - see text version
Victoria News Library worker crosses picket line
Times-Colonist Branches shut as library staff turns up heat
November 10
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Mediator should solve library strike
Peninsula News Review Library action amps up
November 14
Saanich News Letter to the editor: Union is not the bad guy
Victoria News Library dispute heats up with grievance
Monday Magazine Letter to the editor: Check this out. See text version.
November 16
Times-Colonist Oak Bay balks at 8% library increase
November 20
Times-Colonist Langford rebuffs library workers
November 21
Saanich News Letter to the editor: Crossing picket lines, betraying library workers
Oak Bay News Council disappointed by rising library costs
November 23
Goldstream Gazette Langford council snubs library union
November 27
CFAX Radio - see text version
November 28
Victoria News Letter to the editor: Library workers demands reasonable
November 30
Times-Colonist Library management, union at odds over Food for Fines
Library Journal Victoria, BC, Library strike continues, with row over “food for fines”
December 1, 2007
Saanich News Mixing charity and politics
December 5
Oak Bay News Library, union need true spirit
January 2, 2008
Monday Magazine The week: (scroll down the page) strike resolution long overdue
January 9
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library needed
January 16
Times-Colonist Library workers off job to protest suspension
January 18
CFAX Radio - see text version
Times-Colonist Library staff walks out again after suspension extended
January 19
The Tyee Victoria library strike escalates
January 23
Victoria News Library workers stage walkout
Monday Magazine Disconnected - see text version
January 25
Saanich News Library workers forced to collect book fines
January 30
Victoria News Letter to the editor: Give public library workers their due
February 1, 2008
Times-Colonist Library food-for-fines program struck down
February 2
Times-Colonist Library union initiated complaint with board
February 6
Monday Magazine Letter to the editor: Library strikers pro-people - see text version
February 13
Times-Colonist Library locking out workers
February 14
Saanich News Labour rift closes Victoria libraries
CFAX Radio Library workers rally as lockout looms - see text version
CBC Radio - On the Island program -scroll down to Interviews for”GVPL throws the book” (audio file - 11 minutes, no text)
February 15
CFAX Radio Frank Stanford’s comment - see text version
February 16
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Chain of command muddled
February 17
CFAX Radio Greater Victoria library branches closed - see text version
February 18
Times-Colonist Lockout close’s capital’s libraries
Globe and Mail Library workers locked out in Victoria
February 19
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Ex-library chair urges action
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor : Library lockout targets poor
February 20
Saanich News Locked out
Oak Bay News Letter to the editor: Library closure a major disruption
Oak Bay News Letter to the editor: Library lockout hurts workers
Saanich News (Black Press) Editorial:Lock out missing voice of local leadership
February 21
Globe and Mail Librarians at the gates
February 26
Times-Colonist 3 letters to the editor
February 27
Peninsula News Review letter to the editor
Oak Bay News letter to the editor: Pay equity affordable
Oak Bay News letter to the editor: Library lockout a ‘political farce’
Monday Magazine 5 letters to the editor - see text version
February 28
Times-Colonist As library lockout drags on, employer’s side says it will research wages elsewhere
February 29
Victoria News Letters to the editor
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Union is to blame in library dispute
March 1, 2008
Times-Colonist Knox column: sliver of light in library lockout could takes weeks to shine
March 5
Saanich News Letter to the editor: Councillors powerless in library dispute
Saanich News Letter to the editor: Lockout a hardship on users
Monday Magazine Letter to the editor - see text version
Monday Magazine Library lowdown [concerning the operating agreement] - see text version
March 7
Peninsula News Review Letter to the editor: Library workers invaluable resource for reader
Goldstream News Gazette Letter to the editor: Politicians must do the right thing
March 11
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Women’s march deserved coverage
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Groundswell starts here
March 12
Times-Colonist Figures from other libraries may break library logjam
Oak Bay News Patrons demand return of library services
Monday Magazine - 2 letters to the editor - see text version
Victoria News Letter to the editor: Board’s tactics sleazy
March 13
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library dispute in the hands of the wrong people
March 14
Goldstream News Gazette Letter to the editor: McClung and Carnegie would be disappointed
March 16
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library lockout freezes research
March 19
Monday Magazine 3 letters to the editor: see text version
March 21
Times-Colonist It’s time to bend in library lockout
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Library work is demanding
Times-Colonist Letter to the editor: Bargainers have no stake in library
Times-Colonist Library workers ‘encouraged’
March 25
Times-Colonist Library rally turns up the heat on dispute
March 26
Times-Colonist Library, union upbeat on ending walkout
Times-Colonist Column: Both library sides should smarten up
April 2, 2008
Times-Colonist Library deal approved
April 9
Monday Magazine 3 letters to the editor: see text version
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