Cuts to library opening hours to be reversed as council's 'financial outlook' improves The decision comes days after a public consultation on the proposals closed By Hackney Citizen / 10 Feb 2026
Stoke Newington library works enter next chapter as council grants contract By Hackney Citizen / 2 May 2025
Council under fire for using casual library staff contracts - ‘in tension’ with its own policies By Hackney Citizen / 24 Jan 2025
Workers warn council of ‘excessive’ heat in Hackney’s libraries By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter / 10 Sep 2024
‘We will oppose any closure’: Union vows to fight threat to libraries By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter / 7 Feb 2024
Library closure may be needed in Hackney, council report warns By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter / 5 Feb 2024
Protest as Hackney Unison chair amongst those handed compulsory redundancies in libraries shake-up By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Mar 2023
Union calls off tomorrow’s library strike in Hackney as ‘gesture of goodwill’ – but February action set to go ahead By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 19 Jan 2023
‘Hands off our jobs’: Library staff across Hackney go on strike amid dispute over council cuts By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 10 Jan 2023
Library staff to go on strike over job cuts: four dates announced By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 5 Jan 2023
