Unionized Cleveland Public Library employees on Sunday voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike following months of negotiations on a new contract.
Ninety-seven percent of the 270 who voted were in favor. Four-hundred CPL staffers are part of the union through SEIU.
“We’ve been working under an expired contract for seven months and the people are getting angry,” an employee told Scene under the condition of anonymity. “We’re hoping our administration and the union can come to a fair agreement before we go on strike,.”…