News from the New Mexico State Employees Alliance, CWA 7076 http://www.sea-cwa.org New Mexico State Employees Alliance Denish and Colon Endorsed, Albuquerque Area Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 244 join NMFL. more.http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=243Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:44:24 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=243from KRQE NEWS Updated: Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010, 7:56 PM MDT Published : Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010, 7:56 PM MDT Reporter: Michael Herzenberg ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - The Richardson administration aims to implement new 3.2 percent budget cuts by Sehttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=242Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:38:52 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=242The recent Interim committee meeting of the Legislative Task Force on Restructuring State Government was held July 19th and 20th, 2010. The focus of this meeting was on education, specifically the Public Education Department (PED) and the Higher Educationhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=241Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:24:47 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=241NMFL, AFL-CIO Political Action For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 30, 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico Contact: Christine Trujillo 239-0871 NMFL, AFL-CIO Endorsement Throws Labor’s Weight Behind Lt. Governor Diane Denish and Brian Colonhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=239Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:18:56 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=239Concerned over language that could give the Central New Mexico Community College Board power to reduce wages, CNM members voted down the agreement on July 2nd, 2010. CWA and CNM will return to the table for another round of bargaining. Check backhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=240Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:18:35 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=240Dear Union Family-- The last two months have been a blur with all of the activity occurring both in agencies and around the state, not to mention the transition in state government. I am writing this letter to share a little about myself with you as thttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=235Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:33:58 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=235On May 24th and 25th, CWA Exec. VP, Thomas Espinoza and CWA Steward Glen Carlberg attended the Government Restructuring Taskforce meetings in Santa Fe. Thomas and Glen offered public comment, encouraging the committees that their work needed to be tranhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=234Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:33:27 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=234The New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee predicted 5% revenue growth for FY 2011 and 2012 allowing replacement of federal stimulus funds.[4] I don’t have better numbers for NM but national statistics show we’re not hitting 5%. I just read that thehttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=238Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:14:33 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=238By Shaun Griswold | DAILY LOBO A La Posada Dining Hall manager is no longer employed with UNM after being accused of assaulting a fellow employee. “Anthony Rosa no longer works with us,” said Chartwells district manager Rudy Simchak. “The case is chttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=232Wed, 26 May 2010 13:13:58 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=232Dear Brothers and Sisters, After 22 years of working to build a union among state workers, and 6 years in building a brand new local, I am resigning my position as President (and as a state worker) to join CWA full time. My last day will be April 16.http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=231Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:58:33 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=231Taken from La Voz, The Voice of the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico The PERA Board recently adopted an emergency rule to grant service credit to certain part-time workers who are impacted by a furlough plan affecting State employehttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=230Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:42:42 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=230By TRIP JENNINGS 3/24/10 11:51 AM Gov. Bill Richardson vetoed a controversial food tax Wednesday after an all-out campaign by advocates who said it would harm low-income and middle-class New Mexicans. The governor said he would make up the $68 mihttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=229Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:06:28 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=229The special session, once it got started, has definitely had its ups and downs—from downright depressing to where we are today. You should know that because of all the emails and phone calls—your hard work has paid off. And Labor has been united in its cahttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=228Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:57:54 -0400http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=228Governor calls for special session next week By TRIP JENNINGS New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session ended Thursday like it started: without a state budget for next year. All the rumors, tips and assurances that had swirled around the Capitol inhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=227Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:31:31 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=227Today we expect the House and Senate to begin hammering out a compromise on their versions of of the budget in Conference Committee. The House version is much better for Public Employees. House Bill 2 contains the entire budget and the cuts that we fhttp://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=226Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:30:00 -0500http://www.sea-cwa.org/news.php?id=226