It Pays to be an Hourly Support Staff at the City Colleges of Chicago District Office

It Pays To Be an Hourly Support Staff At The

City Colleges of Chicago District Office

Craig Lynch

Then: hourly support staff at $72.12/hour.

Now: Vice Chancellor Information Technology/CIO $150,000

Alvin Bisarya

 Then: hourly support staff at $64.90/hour.

Now: Vice Chancellor-Strategy& Institutional Intelligence $135,000

Michael Daigler

 Then: hourly support staff at $57.69/hour.

Now: Vice Chancellor Development $120,000

Jamie Guzman

Then: hourly support staff at $52.88/hour.

Now: Chief Advisor to the Board of Trustees $110,000

Gregory King

Then: hourly support staff at $50.34/hour.

Now: District Director-Marketing & Public Relations $104,700

Josephine Mancilla

Then: hourly support staff at $40.87/hour

Now: Director-Branding & Marketing (Communications) $85,000

Yes, it pays to be an hourly support staff at District Office. It pays to the tune of

SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS

Over a half million dollars spent for six salaries. How many of our campus clerical support staff jobs could have been saved? Does our clerical staff have a signed contract yet? Are these six people going to have any direct contact with our students? Are these six people going to increase our student retention rates? Will our graduation rates be increased as a result of these six positions?

Our campus support staff is extremely valuable to our faculty and students; they impact our students on a daily basis. Our clerical support staff does not have fancy titles like the former hourly support staff at the District Office, but the service that they provide at the seven colleges is irreplaceable. Give them the respect that they deserve. Give them a living wage and return the ones you terminated. It is clear that the District has the money to do so.