Multnomah County library director Vailey Oehlke speaks at a press conference announcing the library's closure to prevent the spread of coronavirus on March 13, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.
Jonathan Levinson
In July, the Multnomah County Library announced it would be making staffing cuts due to branches being closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, library staff started to learn which positions were being eliminated. Multnomah County Library Director Vailey Oehlke told OPB that the library was eliminating about 13% of all staff. We hear from Oehlke about how the library is handling the layoffs and from library assistant Elleona Budd, a member of the AFSCME Local 88 union that represents library workers, about how employees are responding.
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