{"id":5291,"date":"2016-11-09T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2016-11-09T18:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T18:00:39","slug":"barnet-library-strikers-true-stories-isaacs-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/2016\/11\/09\/barnet-library-strikers-true-stories-isaacs-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnet Library Strikers True Stories: \u201cIsaac\u2019s story\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5292\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unison-libraries-march-02-1.jpg\" alt=\"#SupportBarnetStrikers\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unison-libraries-march-02-1.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unison-libraries-march-02-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unison-libraries-march-02-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unison-libraries-march-02-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#SupportBarnetStrikers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I used to be a\u00a0librarian but lost my professional post in the last restructure.\u00a0 It has been difficult readjusting to the Library Customer Service Officer role, but I still\u00a0am able to utilise my skills and knowledge and this has made the transition easier.\u00a0 I was a victim of the Council\u2019s lack of respect for Librarianship when the number of\u00a0professional librarian posts were cut in 2013. It now appears I am to be a victim again when library staff are replaced with volunteers. \u00a0I have given nearly thirty years\u2019 service to public libraries, most of it in Barnet.\u00a0 I am very worried that if I am made redundant that I will not find it easy to get other employment as I am in my late 50\u2019s.\u00a0 I think those considering running a Partnership library really ought to reconsider. I realise my objections may be dismissed by some as just trying to protect my own interests, but experience tells me that Voluntary organisations are not equipped to run an efficient library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Identities have been changed to protect the striker<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to be a\u00a0librarian but lost my professional post in the last restructure.\u00a0 It has been difficult readjusting to the Library Customer Service Officer role, but I still\u00a0am able to utilise my skills and knowledge and this has made the transition easier.\u00a0 I was a victim of the Council\u2019s lack of respect for Librarianship when the number of\u00a0professional librarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5293,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions\/5293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}