The letter, sent to every city councillor in York and signed by Explore York chief executive Jenny Layfield on behalf of her board of directors, urged the authority to ‘exclude reductions in library services from your budget proposals’.
The letter said the library service had already been hard hit by inflation and price hikes.
As a result, Explore’s 100 staff had received only a ‘modest pay increase, significantly below inflation and comparable salaries’, the letter said.
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