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Santa Fe New Mexican.com - by Kate Nash - Labor unions on Wednesday asked the state's highest court to rule that Gov. Susana Martinez overstepped her authority when she dismissed the members of the New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board. Without a board in place, grievances are going unheard, a union attorney said. The Martinez administration forced out the board's executive director, Pam Gentry, on Feb. 5. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 18 in late February filed an emergency motion with the labor board, asking that it hire a new director. On March 1, the governor fired the three-member board. The New Mexico Federation of Labor AFL-CIO and affiliates on Wednesday filed a request for a writ of mandamus seeking to have the board reinstated and asking that the governor not meddle in the board's hiring of an executive director. But the Governor's Office said Martinez legally can remove the members and did so as part of an ongoing review of state boards and commissions. Spokesman Scott Darnell said the administration agrees that the board should hire the executive director. NMFL AFL-CIO President Christine Trujillo compared Martinez's decision to actions by another Republican governor: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.
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Unions protest governor's firing of labor board
From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - by Kate Nash - Labor unions on Wednesday asked the state's highest court to rule that Gov. Susana Martinez overstepped her authority when she dismissed the members of the New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board. Without a board in place, grievances are going unheard, a union attorney said. The Martinez administration forced out the board's executive director, Pam Gentry, on Feb. 5. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 18 in late February filed an emergency motion with the labor board, asking that it hire a new director. On March 1, the governor fired the three-member board. The New Mexico Federation of Labor AFL-CIO and affiliates on Wednesday filed a request for a writ of mandamus seeking to have the board reinstated and asking that the governor not meddle in the board's hiring of an executive director. But the Governor's Office said Martinez legally can remove the members and did so as part of an ongoing review of state boards and commissions. Spokesman Scott Darnell said the administration agrees that the board should hire the executive director. NMFL AFL-CIO President Christine Trujillo compared Martinez's decision to actions by another Republican governor: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. Read story - News New Mexico
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Adios, labor board! Now we're making some progress!! Too bad the governor can't issue an executive order and recover our voting rights. wouldn't these democrats be beside themselves if illegal aliens could no longer vote?
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