Boston Public Librarian and Professional Staff Association (PSA) MLSA 4298 member Eve has been with the Boston Public Library for 12 years and is deeply committed to her work. In 2019, Eve was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, her diagnosis is stage 4 metastatic breast cancer; a terminal diagnosis.
Since her diagnosis, Eve has had to rely on the hours donated by our union to the Extended Sick Leave Fund (or, "sick bank") after she's used all of her own leave. She needs these hours to be able to attend doctor's appointments and pursue treatment without loss of pay.
In November 2024, Eve submitted a request to the union's Extended Sick Leave Fund Committee. They approved the request.
**Boston Public Library denied it.**
On Tuesday, January 14, members from PSA and AFSCME 1526--who represent library assistants, clerical, and mechanical personnel at the Boston Public Library--delivered a petition to President David Leonard and the Board of Trustees signed by over 200 staff members demanding Eve be granted her requested hours from the sick bank.
We received no response.
Denying her time from the sick bank will not make Eve's illness go way. It will not make her need any less time off for doctor's appointment, treatments, or days where she simply cannot get out of bed. It will just make sure that while she is worrying about eventually dying of cancer, she'll also have to worry about paying rent.
Please consider adding your name to the petition to show the *first public municipal library in the United States* that their actions are reprehensible and horrifying.
Link here: [https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sickbankpetition?source=direct\_link&](https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sickbankpetition?source=direct_link&)
Union insta: [https://www.instagram.com/bplpsa](https://www.instagram.com/bplpsa)
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I have the router plugged in the electric socket, the cable connected from the router to the usb-C adapter to my mac. I don’t have access to the internet. The router gives me an error message. There is no response from the remote server. And I should contact my ISP for help. My ISP is for shit, and I can’t even find them most of the times.
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———- I tried rebooting the router and the laptop. i have reset to factory defaults. i have unplugged and plugged all the plugs. I even tried to change the usb …. lan’s settings, i changed its ip address to match with the router’s ip address, and the the subnet mask. it changed from an orange dot to a green dot, but still i had no internet.
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