Library employees take grievances over changes to council

Library employees take grievances over changes to council

A group of Evanston Public Library employees spoke out at Monday’s City Council meeting about what they described as a hostile work environment, and they called on the council to reject library officials’ 2026 budget request to bring on their own internal Human Resources manager — a move that would split them from the main HR Division that oversees other city employees. Eric Parker, an Evanston resident and EPL employee for more than a decade, m…