News from the New Mexico State Employees Alliance, CWA 7076 http://www.sea-cwa.org New Mexico State Employees Alliance Bargaining Team – Contract negotiations 2008 Our current three year agreement will expire in December of 2008. This is a very exciting time for our Local. The bargaining process is the single most important activity that our Local engages in. It is ohttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=161Mon, 12 May 2008 16:19:32 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=161Dear Union Member: On April 18, CWA and AFSCME (our sister union) filed a joint prohibited practices complaint against the State of New Mexico for bargaining in bad faith over our wage increase. As you may remember, we called members to action during thttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=163Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:52:37 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=163Make time and fill out the Contract Bargaining Survey! Your co-workers who serve on the CWA 7076 bargaining team will be sitting at the table with management. The real power behind our bargaining efforts will come from you, the active member in the workhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=162Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:47:20 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=162We did it. Union members made hundreds of phone calls and several dozen personal visits to their legislators and as of today, Wednesday Feb 13th, it has payed off. The House Bill #2 containing our fully funded raise has been signed by the Governor. If youhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=160Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:37:55 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=160RAISE CLOSE TO BEING FUNDED!Union members have made hundreds of phone calls and several dozen personal visits to their legislators and as of today, Monday Feb 11th, it is paying off. The House Bill #2 containing our fully funded raise is sitting on the Ghttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=159Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:48:36 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=159MEMBERS ARE CALLED TO ACTION!On Friday, the House Appropriations and Finance Committee did not include our contract language in HB 2. The language only includes a 2.4% across the board increase. The bill now travels to Senate Finance. If you want that exthttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=158Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:06:20 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=158In this short, 30-day session, our focus is on funding our pay raises as bargained in our contract. This is the third year of the negotiated pay package. The Governor has fulfilled his side of the bargain and the Executive budget reflects these increaseshttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=156Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:36:47 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=156After over a year and a half of battling the politics of PED one member is finally getting her due pay! In March of 2007 Mrs. Claudia Ahlstrom, a long time CWA member has reached her wits end with the Public Education Department in several futile attempthttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=152Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:29:31 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=152“It is amazing,” said Miners’ Colfax Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Don Holl in response to officially opening the doors of its new $21 million 75,000 square-foot facility. In spite of Mr. Holl’s claims of a totally functional facilityhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=151Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:00:09 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=151Here’s a familiar scenario we can all identify with: You have a legitimate complaint against management or your supervisor but you stifle it because you fear they will take action against you for raising your voice. Your Union Contract is designed to ehttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=155Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:42:17 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=155Certified Nurse Practitioners are back in the bargaining unit. When state workers had collective bargaining during the 1990s, CNPs were covered under the union contract. After the sunset of the collective bargaining agreement in 1999, CNPs were reclassifihttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=154Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:40:32 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=154As job vacancies in state government remain at an all time high, we are seeing how this condition affects the moral of state employees and the services we provide to our communities. Many state employees tell of increased work loads causing stress thathttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=153Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:39:15 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=153Union Victories, BIG TIME retroactive payback in DOH and GSD, Know your Rights and a Fair-Share Enforcement update.http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=148Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:20:56 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=148The CWA Executive Board will be meeting in mid-November to continue their discussion about CWA presidential endorsement, and we want your input. If we endorse a candidate, he or she will have the full weight of CWA political resources--but we only want thttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=149Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:20:48 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=149Newsletters are the most effective way for our Local to communicate with our Local Membership across the state. Contact the Union Hall, send in photos and written contributions to: Alliance Progress SEA-CWA 7076 901 W. Alameda Suite 25-B Santa Fe,http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=150Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:06:27 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=150