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Cleveland Public Library

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Sep 19, 2026

Noel BadrianNARRATOR
12:15
Consequently, I owe a great deal to generous friends who have been so kind as to take up my manuscript and pass upon it before it was given to the press, smoothing the narrative without destroying the personality of the storyteller.
Noel BadrianNARRATOR
12:31
Among these generous friends, I take pleasure in mentioning the names of Mr. W. H. Brett, librarian of the Cleveland Public Library; Mr. Wallace W. Newell, secretary of the American Folklore Society; Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, the noted poetess and editor of the Woman's Journal; and my publishers.
Noel BadrianNARRATOR
12:55
Now, I do not see how to remunerate these friends for their valuable assistance to me unless I share with them the three apples which fall from heaven at the end of each tale, and which I had to appropriate to myself as a genuine storyteller.
Noel BadrianNARRATOR
13:12
This I gladly do.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:38
It took a lot of work to get here, but we knew these changes were important for our patients and our fellow nurses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:45
Cleveland public library workers represented by the union SEIU District 1199 have ratified a new three-year union contract, averting a potential work stoppage after nearly a year of negotiations.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:59
The agreement brings wage increases, new benefits, expanded workplace protections, and other improvements for library employees.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
7:07
The ratification comes after tensions between the union and the library reached a point where the workers authorized a strike earlier this week.
Stephanie HaneyHOST
15:09
He is Lead Administrative Organizer for Service Employees International Union, SEIU, District 1199.
Stephanie HaneyHOST
15:17
This is the union that represents Cleveland Public Library workers who just recently avoided a strike.
Stephanie HaneyHOST
15:22
Michael, welcome to The Sound of Ideas.
Michael WoodGUEST
15:25
Good morning.
Michael WoodGUEST
15:26
Thank you for inviting me.
Stephanie HaneyHOST
15:27
I appreciate you being with us.
Stephanie HaneyHOST
15:29
Michael, can you briefly talk about the conditions that led to the potential strike at Cleveland Public Library? What were workers in management at a disagreement over?
Michael WoodGUEST
15:38
Well, there were a number of things.
speaker_5HOST
15:48
That if you're in the area, you're going to want to see.
speaker_5HOST
15:51
The Cleveland Public Library and the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S.
speaker_5HOST
15:56
Courthouse.
speaker_5HOST
15:57
A lot of old world buildings right next to each other.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:06
It took a lot of work to get here, but we knew these changes were important for our patients and our fellow nurses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:13
Cleveland public library workers represented by the union SEIU District 1199 have ratified a new three-year union contract, averting a potential work stoppage after nearly a year of negotiations.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:26
The agreement brings wage increases, new benefits, expanded workplace protections, and other improvements for library employees.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
6:34
The ratification comes after tensions between the union and the library reached a point where the workers authorized a strike earlier this week.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
14:27
It took a lot of work to get here, but we knew these changes were important for our patients and our fellow nurses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
14:34
Cleveland public library workers represented by the union SEIU District 1199 have ratified a new three-year union contract, averting a potential work stoppage after nearly a year of negotiations.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
14:47
The agreement brings wage increases, new benefits, expanded workplace protections, and other improvements for library employees.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
14:54
The ratification comes after tensions between the union and the library reached a point where the workers authorized a strike earlier this week.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
5:12
It took a lot of work to get here, but we knew these changes were important for our patients and our fellow nurses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
5:19
Cleveland public library workers represented by the union SEIU District 1199 have ratified a new three-year union contract, averting a potential work stoppage after nearly a year of negotiations.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
5:32
The agreement brings wage increases, new benefits, expanded workplace protections, and other improvements for library employees.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
5:39
The ratification comes after tensions between the union and the library reached a point where the workers authorized a strike earlier this week.
Mike McIntyreHOST
0:43
Litigation continues, and as midterms approach, confusion over voting rules reigns.
Mike McIntyreHOST
0:49
The labor dispute at Cleveland Public Library has a happy ending: no strike, a raise for workers, and for the first time, paid parental leave.
Mike McIntyreHOST
0:57
Cuyahoga County already has tightened its belt, but it'll have to find another notch or two to deal with the projected $40 million deficit.
Mike McIntyreHOST
1:04
And Dolly Parton used to visit family in Cleveland, Akron, and Willoughby as a child.

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Mike McIntyreHOST
8:17
Vote.
Mike McIntyreHOST
8:17
And you'll be seeing stories roll out on how to vote and what to bring and all of those things as the days get closer.
Mike McIntyreHOST
8:24
Cleveland Public Library workers avoided a strike after Service Employees International Union Local 1199 reached a contract agreemen- agreement with the library system.
Mike McIntyreHOST
8:33
Nearly 400 unionized employees had planned to walk off the job Monday, but the deal was reached just before the deadline.
Laura DeMarcoGUEST
8:07
And it's so cool because it's a visual and an audio experience.
Laura DeMarcoGUEST
8:11
So there's also going to be a Cleveland Public Library Tech Central this year, which is going to be great for like family-related tech activities.
Laura DeMarcoGUEST
8:19
This is a very family-friendly festival, so you can bring your kids and do some hands-on tech.
Laura DeMarcoGUEST
8:23
The ThinkBox Innovator entrepreneurial space that's located at Case Western is going to be there.
Ed FerenczHOST
5:24
The company also agreed to hire 500 more tech workers and said it would continue discussions with workers about its potential plan to implement robotic workers and AI in its factories in the coming years.
Ed FerenczHOST
5:40
Workers represented by the Service Employees International Union, or better known as SEIU, and the Cleveland Public Library avoided a strike on Monday of this week, reaching a tentative agreement with less than an hour to go before a strike deadline.
Ed FerenczHOST
5:56
Terms of the agreement were not immediately available.
Ed FerenczHOST
6:00
The workers are holding a ratification vote on the agreement right now.
Ed FerenczHOST
6:06
A representative from Cleveland Public Library said the library's board of trustees will meet at noon later this week for a ratification vote.
Ed FerenczHOST
6:13
Now, nearly 400...
Ed FerenczHOST
6:16
Cleveland public library workers were prepared to strike after voting to reject the library's final contract offer.
Ed FerenczHOST
6:23
This was last Friday.

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