Mission:

Local 590’s mission is to promote and ensure harmonious relations, cooperation, and understanding between the University of Pennsylvania and the employee members of Local 590, to insure true collective bargaining, and to establish proper standards of wages, hours and other conditions of employment and to foster mutual interests through the development of labor/management cooperation.

Founded in 1969: 

Local 590, affiliated with AFSCME, AFL-CIO and its District Council No.47, is the exclusive representative of the support staff personnel of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

 

 Local 590 Executive Board:

President: Yvonne Harris, Vice President: John Hogan, Treasurer: Lloyd Frank, Secretary: Linda Laws, Executive Board Members at Large: Eli Baum, Shawn Jasper, Elizabeth Moersh. 

Benjamin Franklin's greatest and most enduring creation is America's first university:

More than 250 years after its founding, the University of Pennsylvania continues to achieve excellence in research and education. Penn is a vibrant, 302-acre, urban campus which boasts more than 200 buildings and many notable landmarks. 

 

Local 590 members provide education materials and support to these University of Pennsylvania Libraries:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annenberg Library, Biomedical Library, Biddle Law Library, Chemistry Library, Dental Library, Fine Arts Library, Kislak Center, Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, LIBRA, Lippincott Library, Math/Physics/Astronomy Library, Museum Library, Ormandy Center, Rare Book Manuscript Reading Room, Veterinary Librarys, Van Pelt Library.
 
 
 

AFSCME represents more than 25,000 library workers nationwide and is a leading advocate for libraries

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This web site was made possible by a generous contribution from Local 590 member Bill Jameson. Bill served the library for over 27 years, spending much of his career at the Biomedical Library. Bill passed away in 2010, this web site is his legacy to the union and its members.