AFSCME Local #1004 · Salt Lake City
The people who run your library have a union.
We are the eligible employees of the Salt Lake City Public Library — librarians, associates, technology and facilities staff, social workers, and more — organized together under AFSCME Local #1004 to negotiate fair wages, hours, and conditions of work.
What we do
A union is your coworkers, organized.
Bargain the contract
Wages, step increases, hours, leave, health insurance, parental leave, grievance procedures — all negotiated collectively rather than dictated.
Read the CBA →Represent members
Stewards accompany members through investigatory interviews, pre-disciplinary meetings, and grievances. You don't have to face management alone.
Know your rights →Build a workplace voice
Labor-management meetings, member surveys, and shop-floor organizing give workers a structured say in how the Library actually operates.
About the union →Latest
News & updates
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Website launched
Welcome to slcplwu.org. This is the new public home of the union — contract, stewards directory, member resources, and news.
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Our first contract is in effect
After bargaining sessions through late 2025 and early 2026, the Library and AFSCME signed the first collective bargaining agreement covering SLCPL workers. The agreement runs through June 30, 2029.
Membership
Join the union.
Every eligible employee at the Library has the right to join AFSCME and participate in union activities — and the right not to, without retaliation either way. The union represents the entire bargaining unit in negotiations regardless of individual membership. But the union is only as strong as the members in it. Reach out and we'll connect you with a steward to talk through what membership means and how to sign a card.