The PSA has welcomed Auckland Council agreeing to a significant pay rise for council library workers, despite the Government scrapping pay equity for them and many other workers. Around 800 library workers - librarians, library assistants and those in specialist roles - will receive a pay rise backdated from 1 September. "This is a women-dominated profession and undervalued as a result and while the pay increase is needed and welcome, it is not true pay equity. Speaking on behalf of her colleagues, PSA Delegate Suzanne Moore said library workers felt hurt and devalued when their pay equity claim was axed. The settlement follows a significant pay increase in June for library workers employed by Christchurch City Council.