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AFT New Mexico’s political action committee (COPE) has started a statewide petition drive to repeal House Bill 854. The committee is circulating petitions among school employees, their families, friends and supporters by direct mail, email and websites. The committee is holding meetings and town halls to explain the petition and get signatures. |
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JUNE 15th– AFT New Mexico, AFSCME, NEA-New Mexico,CWA and the Operating Engineers filed a lawsuit today against the state in the Second Judicial District in Albuquerque for violating numerous constitutional rights of public employee pensioners by enacting a 1.5% wage tax on employees. The unions are sueing for violating numerous constituional rights of employees Actuarial Soundness, Uniform Taxation, Due Process, Equal Protection, and Vested Property Rights.
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May 2, 2009
CHRISTINE TRUJILLO, AFT NEW MEXICO PRESIDENT STATE OF THE UNION 2009-2010 It’s been one (1) year since our last state convention. A lot has happened in that time.
Much of what happened is good. On the other hand, those things that happened, which a pessimist might see as negative, I see as challenges. Challenges which present us with the opportunity to continue our organizing. |
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Identify your state senator and representative so you can write them personal letters and call them.
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Use this family budget calculator. Fnd out if your state senator, representative and governor are paying you enough wages to live above poverty level. |
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Register email address on Get Active to receive notices of special meetings and calls for action.
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APRIL 2009 - New Mexico spends $5 billion a year on tax breaks. Faced with a revenue shortfall during the 60 day session, lawmakers refused to recoup money from some of the tax giveaways that are no longer affordable.
Faced with a bigger shortfall, the state of New York increased spending on education and also got rid of tax loopholes that were costing their state money. Not here. Instead, state lawmakers cut public school funding and government services. In an opinion piece, Gerry Bradley, Research Director for New Mexico Voices for Children, explores what tax breaks really cost New Mexicans. You may be surprised. |
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By joining AFT New Mexico, you are joining a force of over 8,000 other school professionals who together, have the power to bargain for better wages and working conditions in your school district. Read more on how to join.
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What do you need to survive in these tough times? Working America, affiliate of the AFL-CIO, is offering unemployement lifeline, an online resource guide for unemployed men and women. Click on the bold link to surf the site.
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Today, good jobs are vanishing and health care coverage and retirement security are slipping out of reach. Only 38 percent of the public says their families are getting ahead financially and less than a quarter believes the next generation will be better off.
Joining together in a union to bargain for health care, pensions, fair wages and better working conditions is the best opportunity working people have to get ahead. That's why AFT New Mexico is working hard to here at home to do our part to win the national campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act. |
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