Glendale College Guild endorsements
So the Glendale College faculty union is endorsing one of their own in the three-way race for two seats on the Community College District board. Word from the Glendale College Guild is they're backing challenger Christine Rodriguez, a former guild member who now teaches at East Los Angeles College. She's trying to unseat incumbents Tony Tartaglia and Vahe Peroomian. Here's the release:
At its February meeting, the Glendale College Guild voted to endorse Christine Rodriguez for our district's Board of Trustees. Ms. Rodriguez was a member of the Guild until recently, teaches full-time at East Los Angeles College, and has been active in the Guild in that district. Among other service to the LA College Guild at ELAC, she has served as the Grievance Officer for that campus. She has also worked many years as a (employee-side) labor lawyer.In her endorsement interviews, Ms. Rodriguez evinced a commitment to improving the lot of adjunct faculty, direct communication with all members of the campus community, and respect for the rights of workers to organize.
Both of the other candidates presented significant strengths, and only a few troubling weaknesses, but Guild members decided not to pick between them. The Guild's political action committee will do what it can to help elect Ms. Rodriguez, and the Guild will work closely with whomever is elected to the Board on April 3rd.
Now I haven't been following this race that closely _ does this make a difference? Or is this as much an incumbents-only done deal as my mediocre political handicapping tells me?