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Chaparral 2023-2024: Getting Ready for Spring with Garfield Site Representative Andres Cruz

This is the Chaparral, Glendale Community College's campus newsletter for the academic year 2023 to 2024.

Getting Ready for Spring with Garfield Site Representative Andres Cruz

andres cruz with brown suit coat with arms folded

Following productive and vibrant Fall and Winter terms at the Garfield campus, Chaparral checked in with Site Representative Andres Cruz about updates, Spring events, and upcoming things to do. 

On Updates from Fall and Winter:

I have been very busy helping resolve pay discrepancies. Many teachers have been paid incorrectly or not paid at all. We have been working very hard trying to solve these issues, make sure teachers get their money as soon as possible, and learning how to prevent these issues from happening again. 

 

On issues for Spring:

I am helping the Guild create more equitable language to increase pay parity for teachers. For example, under our contract, an increase in pay is guaranteed to full-time teachers who have a doctoral degree. We are addressing this language to make sure that all the part-time teachers with a doctoral degree also see an increase in their salary. Something new I learned was to use a social justice lens when scrutinizing our contract agreements and any other legal documents in order to advocate for all teachers. We have to start with the language that surrounds the issues impacting all of us at GCC.

 

Things To Do as Garfield Community Members:

First, we will have our Garfield Guild meeting on Friday, May 10th, at 12pm via Zoom. Second, we are very interested in holding more social events for Guild members to interact, ask questions, and empower each other. Finally, I highly advise faculty to always stay alert by checking their pay stubs to make sure everything is accurate, to attend Guild meetings and ask questions, and to reach out to me with any questions or concerns they may have.

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