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New Mexico Works NEW MEXICO WORKS AFSCME Council 18 October 2014 THE BATTLE FOR NEW MEXICO’S FUTURE WE’RE NOT BACKING DOWN THIS ELECTION Standing for workers’ rights, job safety, fair wages, benefits, dignity, and respect, Labor’s opposition call this “political games” - So AFSCME better play for keeps! The 2014 election is just around the benefits, and working conditions. This this agreement, city employees have lost corner and we have many crucial seats at election is about our families’ healthcare union time to handle employee / stake. Not only do we have AFSCME- plans and making sure we get the employer disputes, city employees have endorsed Gary King up against Susana coverage we need at an affordable price. lost promotion rights, and the city is Martinez but we also have the entire This election is about retirement now able to discipline at any time for state house, five statewide seats, security ensuring every one of us can any reason, even if it is months or years including Attorney General and retire with dignity and not worry about after an incident. Secretary of State, United States paying the bills. As tough as this sounds, we are not Senate, Congressional Districts 1, 2, Take a look at the City of Albuquerque. backing down this election. We are and 3, and many county offices up for Mayor Berry has imposed a contract on calling members every night Monday – grabs. Locals 624, 1888, and 2962. John Thursday from 4pm – 8pm and we are This election is not just about the Martinez, who many of you know, has knocking on doors every Saturday and candidates. This election is about dragged out negotiations for 4 years Sunday. A $12/hr stipend is available for collective bargaining and having fair while receiving more than $400,000 in members to go volunteer at one of three contracts that include decent wages, contracts from the city. By imposing LABOR 2014 offices. **SEE PAGE 3 ATTACKING LABOR IS BIG BUSINESS IN NEW MEXICO AFSCME Members are turning the tide, New Mexico taxpayers pick up the bill The longer negotiations drag out, the working to end the waste of tax dollars when public employers opt to hire for- higher consultant billable hours stack up. and the infringement on workers’ profit consultants to negotiate labor That is a disincentive to reach agreement. rights! Recently, AFSCME ABQ locals agreements instead of utilizing their won a City Council vote of NO Management Associates Inc., by far the CONFIDENCE on the high-paid, for- human resource departments traditionally most popular management consultant profit mangement consultants, tasked with the job, and cost is no object. firm operating in New Mexico, has Management Associates Inc. HR departments have an incentive to contracts for labor management work reach collective bargaining agreements with state, counties, municipal with unions; getting employees back to governments and school boards across work happy, with the knowledge of their the State. terms, conditions, and benefits of AFSCME members have been attending employment. Albuquerque City Council meetings to For-profit consultants, now in vogue from demonstrate their frustration with Taos to Hidalgo County, have no Management Associates’ and the motivation to conclude negotiations. Administration’s handling of the While politicians and top level collective bargaining process. “Our Rights Are management argue taxpayers are getting NEVER for Sale!” The City Council passed a no-confidence a good value for their money, the facts vote with Management Associates Inc. don’t back it up. 6-3 at their September 3 meeting. cont. pg 4 PAY BACK! Grant County: AFSCME Local 2516: Nearly six years later, AFSCME On the Move! continues to fight for straight Representing the Grant County Sheriff's didn’t seem to be there for blue and white answers from the state who Department, Detention Center, blue and collar employees during negotiations, seemingly is doing everything they white collar county employees, and most Local 2516 leadership never gave up and can to make the back pay process as recently, the Regional Dispatch Authority, continued to work with the county difficult as possible. Back-pay Local 2516 members have waged and won commissioners to secure an extra .5% cost checks are being delivered to hard battles for raises, back pay, and of living raise to make overall raises working NM State Employees who representation rights this year. comparable with those negotiated for stuck it out and kept public services County employees have secured their sheriff’s office employees. running through these difficult negotiated raises and cost of living County commissioners, at their August 14, years. Pictured below is Brenda increases thanks to persistent work by 2014 meeting, funded an additional .5% Watson, recording secretary for membership and a supportive county cost of living wage increase for county Local 477 from Dept. of Cultural commission. Earlier in 2013, county employees moving forward. Affairs. commissioners approved a negotiated Even as Local 2516 was filing grievances agreement that included a 2014 cost of and prohibited practice complaints, they living adjustment of 1% for most county maintained a healthy dialogue with allies employees. The contract also included on the county commission. The result; earlier raises of 2.5% for county workers. management felt the pressure politically Sheriff’s office employees received an AND legally, and members saw a speedy additional .5% cost of living increase over resolution to the disputes. the same period. Even though extra money AFSCME STRONGER in 2014! Organizing Victories include the Santa Fe County Detention Facility (Officers, Medical, and Support Staff), Corre Camino, Grant County Regional Transit Services, the Town of Taos blue and white collar employees, and Sister Watson was one of many emergency medical services workers, including activists who dogged former State Gila Regional EMS and Personnel Director Gene Moser all Superior Ambulance. over the state, from legislative AFSCME New Mexico finance meetings to state personnel members are first on the scene board meetings, and kept the state's when you need them and feet to the fire so that THIS day serving the public trust. could come! Checks will continue to be distributed through October via mail and hand delivery to current and former NM State AFSCME Union Employees. Please work with your agency HR if you have questions on delivery or accuracy of your checks. AFSCME continues its vigilance and legal action AFSCME Members, Grant County community, and labor activists from across the to make sure every current and country gathered at the 1950‘s Empire Mine Strike Site in March ’14 to commemorate former state employee receives the the 60th Anniversary of the seminal labor film Salt of the Earth. On hand were Rachel exact amount in back wages that Valencia, a striking women who was run down by a scab vehicle; Juana Moreno Sierra, they are due. who stood up to the Sheriff in 1950, and Guillermo ‘Willie’ Andazola, who threw rocks at the scabs during the strike (with mother’s permission) Let your voice be heard! VOTE Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4 for your endorsed candidates. Otherwise, imagine what New Mexico could look like if our House of Representatives is taken over by anti-worker legislators? Public Employee Bargaining Act Right-to-Work for Less Retirement Security Fewer Jobs & Lower Wages Health Benefits Outsourced Jobs Just Cause Protections At-Will Employment Job Security Bonuses for Cronies Workplace Justice! Attacks on Retirement VOTER GUIDE Vote Tuesday Nov 4 // Polls open 7am-7pm take into voting booth Early VOTE Begins October 18 ★ Gary King for Governor & Debra Haaland for Lt. Governor Federal County State U.S. Senate - Tom Udall Bernalillo Co. Commission D1 - Debbie O’Malley Attorney General - Hector Balderas Congressional District 1 (ABQ area) Bernalillo Co. Sheriff - Manny Gonzales Secretary of State - Maggie Toulouse Oliver Michelle Lujan Grisham Dona Ana Co. Commission D1 - Billy Garrett Treasurer - Tim Eichenberg Congressional District 2 (Southern) Dona Ana Co. Commission D3 - Beth Bardwell Auditor - Tim Keller Roxanne “Rocky” Lara Dona Ana Co. Sheriff - Kiki Vigil Land Commissioner - Ray Powell Congressional District 3 (Northern) District Judge - Joshua Sanchez Ben Ray Lujan NM State House by District (D): ✓ D4: Harrison Todacheene ✓ D15: Emily Kane ✓ D25: Christine Trujillo ✓ D38: Terry Fortenberry ✓ D5: Doreen Wonda Johnson ✓ D16: Moe Maestas ✓ D26: Georgene Louis ✓ D39: Rudy Martinez ✓ D7: Teresa Smith de Cherif ✓ D20: Josh Anderson ✓ D30: Bob Coffey ✓ D40: Nick Salazar ✓ D8: Frank Otero ✓ D22: John Wallace ✓ D33: Bill McCamley ✓ D43: Stephanie Garcia Richard ✓ D10: Andres Romero ✓ D23: Catherine Begaye ✓ D36: Phillip Archuleta ✓ D50: Matthew McQueen ✓ D14: Miguel Garcia ✓ D24 Liz Thomson ✓ D37: Joanne Ferrary ✓ D53: MariaElena Johnson THE BIG BUSINESS OF ATTACKING LABOR BIG BUSINESS cont. from pg 1 Although the city council appropriated 6% Over this period, AFSCME has won over with unions only to proposes contract in wage increases over the past four years, a dozen arbitrations resulting from the language that unions find unacceptable many employees have not seen those city’s misapplication of labor law and and irreparably harms workers. raises. For raises to go into effect, a collective bargaining rights. Management Associates rarely backs off contract agreement must be reached. “Factoring in cost of litigation and of their original contract proposals and, as Each year, negotiations between arbitrations resulting from unprecedented a result, negotiations fail to progress. AFSCME locals and the city have ended years of impasse and attacks on labor, it Using for-profit consultants is fruitless by in impasse. has been more costly for the city to fight design for every party other than the Typically, when impasse is reached with their working class employees than it consultants and politicians opposed to because the parties are unable to reach would have been to reach a compromise,” labor.
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