‘Process was not handled with respect and transparency,’ library officials say

The whiplash continues.

Facing mounting pressure from Baltimore County officials, residents and employees, library system CEO Sonia Alcántara-Antoine on Friday rehired all 14 part-time librarians she laid off two days earlier.

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Hours before the news broke, Councilman Izzy Patoka called on Alcántara-Antoine to immediately reverse her decision and encouraged the library to engage its board and the council in further discussion.

“The timing of these firings lack compassion and are tone-deaf, not only to the time of year, but also the state of our current economy,” he wrote.

View full article: Part-time librarians laid off in Baltimore County reinstated to their jobs – The Baltimore Banner