I Was Fired After Refusing To Resign: A. Heights Library Official

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — The deputy director of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library says he was fired following the recent resignation of the library's executive director. The administrator, Jeremy Andrykowski, had been at the library for 17 years, and he told the Daily Herald on Wednesday that he was let go without cause. Jason Kuhl, the library's executive director, resigned a month ago for personal reasons, and Mike Driskell, the library's director of administration, was named acting director.

Library officials confirmed that Andrykowski's last day was Monday, but they would not comment about the reasons for his departure, the Herald reports. Andrykowski began working at the library in 2000 as a Bookmobile specialist, moving on to circulation services manager and senior manager of customer services before finally being named deputy director in 2014.

Andrykowski told the Herald that Driskell asked him to resign Monday after the executive director spoke with other staffers. When he refused to resign, Andrykowski said he was fired.

"There was no misconduct or breach of policy or insubordination," he told the Herald.

Driskell became acting executive director Oct. 3.

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Last month, the library was forced to cancel a workshop to discuss the rights for undocumented immigrants after receiving threatening calls to contact federal authorities about the event, which had been organized by the Community Activism Law Alliance. A rally to protest the cancelation brought out about 200 demonstrators, and organizers said they haven't ruled out holding the program again at a different venue.

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