In this CALL TO IMMEDIATE ACTION:
HJR28 House Joint Resolution provides for constitutional amendment tying the minimum wage to inflation
HB270 Stand against unfair pension changes
SB9 Corporate Tax Fairness (Corporate Tax Reports & Combined Reporting)
Minimum Wage Resolution
If HJR 28 passes, an automatic cost [...]
The honeymoon is over for this session as things really heated up today.
House Memorial #4,OPPOSITION TO CITIZENS UNITED RULING, requesting Congress to make an amendment to the United States Constitution passed the New Mexico House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee this afternoon. This is a great memorial against the unlimited corporate funding [...]
**update 1-24-2012** Senate Bill 9 has been refered to Senate Corporation and Transportation. See the bottom of this email for today's action strategy. BUDGET As the session has started to move forward, we have a lot on our plate. As with any 30-day session, the top priority is getting a fair budget. It [...]
What is at stake? Big changes for our public education system, changes to public employee pensions, the END of the pension-swap pay cuts, shifting the burden of a balanced budget OFF the middle class and public employees and a demand for wealthy out-of-state corporation pay their fair share, a targeting of immigrant workers' rights, threats [...]
CWA, AFSCME and FOP continue arguing for no take backs with few concessions from the State's regressive proposals. Beginning this month CWA will be conducting mini-activist trainings in the workplace to engage members and our allies in the strategy to win this contract fight. Contact the hall to schedule a worksite meeting at your [...]
During the upcoming legislative session Sen. Peter Wirth will reintroduce legislation which will close corporate tax loopholes, (UPDATE: Click for the Bill) require major corporations with out of state headquarters to pay a fair tax to New Mexico on their profits, and even the playing field for our home grown businesses. [UPDATE 12-17-11, Sen [...]
by Joey Peters
from the Santa Fe Reporter
When Andrea Alano submitted her [...]
PRESS RELEASE
Saturday, Sept. 10th, 2011
Contact: Miles Conway
(505) 455-2853
Is New Mexico the latest battleground for ideologically-motivated union-busting?
In an apparent egregious political miscalculation (and despite surefire warning signs coming out of Wisconsin and Ohio) New Mexico appears next in the line of states battling over the [...]
From: http://www.sfreporter.com
To the three public employee unions currently negotiating new state contracts, the state’s offers are nothing more than the governor’s latest sneer toward organized labor.
Though they’ve been at the table since the summer, both sides “haven’t even begun to address 75 percent of the contract” for [...]
CWA 7076 // For Immediate Release
November 16th, 2011
Ohio Voters Offer A Cautionary Tale for Gov. Susana Martinez About Workers’ Rights in New Mexico
Santa Fe – Tuesday, November 8th, voters in Ohio issued a definitive statement to their union-busting Governor, John Kasich (R) that should cause New Mexico’s own Governor [...]
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