EARLY MORNING MUSING

I don't go into work until 10 but I wake up at 6:15, my mind full of the latest . Yesterday, I learned that once again the LA-Advanced position had gone to a young woman, N.< who has worked for the library since 2008. What makes it worse is, she had no experience in cataloging or other aspects of Technical Services. Another employee, A., of course older, with years of experience in the same department, did not get the promotion.

Of course, I didn't either. I'm going to write our HR person, who just started with the library about 8 months ago, asking why I did not get the job. I was completely ready to not get the job when I was sure A. would get it. But now that she didn't and someone with less experience in general at the library than me got it, I'm really pissed.

But not surprised. It is quite clear that library administration and the managers along with it, are completely discounting the rules laid down and agreed to by both the union and the library. Every job that has been filled in the last year has been grieved.

As my colleague said last evening, the deputy librarians are not passing down the rules to the managers. Instead of choosing among the most senior, they invariably go with the less. And now they have promoted someone with even less experience than me.