CUPE urges Saskatchewan government to take action as library workers face violence
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CUPE said a library worker lost a finger a year ago in one incident, and two libraries temporarily close dlast year due to heightened drug use and violence.
A union representing Saskatchewan library workers says they are dealing with escalating threats and violence.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said Tuesday that drug addiction issues are the source of such problems.
It’s calling on Premier Scott Moe’s government to take emergency action.
“Members have had weapons pulled on them,” union president Kent Peterson said in an interview. “This is a pretty common occurrence.
“It’s just an indication of the reality that people are turning up in libraries because there are so few supports and services available to them.”
Peterson said a library worker in Regina lost a finger about a year ago after it was cut off by a machete.
The Regina Public Library, however, disputed Peterson. In a statement, the library said the 2023 machete altercation began outside the building and ended with the injury occurring in the library entrance.
“No staff lost a finger,” the library said in a statement Wednesday.
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