Unions: New Mexico Next

Santa Fe New Mexican - Hundreds of New Mexico labor union members came to the Roundhouse on Tuesday to show solidarity with state workers in Wisconsin, who for the past week have been demonstrating over their governor's plan to end their collective-bargaining rights. Among the unions represented at the noon-hour rally were the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, teachers, communications workers, firefighters and film-industry workers.


Striking AFSCME Workers

They carried signs with messages like, "Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of State Workers," "We're With Wisconsin Workers," "Solidarity with Tunisa, Egypt & Wisconsin," and "Say No to Republican Tyrant Governors." But while some speakers said New Mexico could be the next battleground for state worker unions, a spokesman for Republican Gov. Susana Martinez downplayed any similarities between Wisconsin and New Mexico and stressed Martinez's appreciation of state workers. "There is a huge problem in the United States of America," Christine Trujillo, president of the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, told the crowd. "The infection has started in Wisconsin. But what's happened in Wisconsin could happen to any of us. And we're here to make sure it doesn't happen in the state of New Mexico." Read full story here: News New Mexico

Unions: New Mexico Next