Opinion: Add library workers to the civil service without unnecessary steps
Guest Columnist
G. Wayne Dowdy
Wayne Dowdy is the senior manager of the Memphis Public Libraries history department and author of "A Brief History of Memphis."
“I hope that the citizens of Memphis will vote for the referendum granting civil service protection to library workers, and that library employees be re-hired for jobs they secured through a fair and competitive process.”
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