I am disturbed by the fact that the Great Neck Library Board has kept a secret from the community of Great Neck.
How many of you know that the staff is working without a contract for, I believe almost two years, or is it two years now?
Why wasn’t that revealed to the public?
Why didn’t the president of the board tell us at our public meetings that they have not settled with the staff and that the staff has been working without a contract these past two years? That is a disgrace!
She continually says that we’re moving ahead and all is well.
Baloney! When General Motors, General Electric or any business has financial and contractual problems with its staff, it hits the headlines.
We see their protest lines in the news.
True, our Great Neck staff are public employees. Does that mean they should work without contract? Does that mean that the public should not be informed, that “anything goes” ?
And since there will be no building to replace the Main one it is being remodeled , the where does the Great Neck staff go? How will they earn money for their bread?
Oh, I forgot, the board has just announced a special deal for those who will retire now, a huge sum of three-months salary.
What kind of incentive is that?
And is that their secret weapon in getting rid of the staff as they have no building in which to place them and the fact that our library building will be closed (when they voted down the original plan because the library would be closed which was a superior plan and by far a better deal!!
So, how many of us knew that our hard working was not only working without a contract but now they were going to walk the plank on a ship that might as well be plying the Indian Ocean…yes, they will be forced to walk that plank!
So, let me hear from you. Let them hear from you. Show your sense of justice, your sense of morality, about how our staff is being treated.
Muriel H. Weinstein
Great Neck
