Jersey City Library Axes 28 Part-Time Workers
By Jon Whiten • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News
The city has confirmed that the Jersey City Free Public Library terminated 28 part-time employees across the library system last Friday. The move is expected to save $116,664 in this fiscal year, and it comes on the heels of one branch closure and upcoming hour reductions at the main library branch. The library has 109 full-time employees remaining on staff.
Last year, the city appropriated $8.28 million to run the free library system; in the Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposed last month, that number was cut to $7.72 million.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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