Employees at the Boston Public Library are rallying behind a co-worker who was allegedly denied extended sick leave as she fights cancer.

Boston Public Library union members have gone public with its effort to get a colleague’s extended sick leave approved.

An employee of the Boston Public Library says her request for more time off while she battles terminal cancer was denied by management.

Employees at the Boston Public Library are rallying behind a coworker who was allegedly denied extended leave as she seeks treatment for cancer. WBZ-TV’s Brandon Truitt reports.

Members of the BPL’s Public Service Association union joined co-worker and breast cancer patient Eve Griffin, to appeal to the BPL Board of Trustees to overturn a decision that denied her access to extended sick leave.