Union Leaders Laid Off: Claim They Were Targeted By Governor

From therepublic -The head of one of New Mexico's largest state workers unions got a pink slip last weekrepublic.com, prompting allegations labor is being targeted in state layoffs. Michelle Lewis, president of the Communications Workers of America Local 7076, was among 44 state workers who was told Friday she will lose her job because of budget cuts. "I do believe it was retaliation," said Christine Trujillo, president of the New Mexico Federal of Labor, AFL-CIO. All but 11 of the layoffs announced Friday came from the Public Education Department, whose budget was slashed by more than 20 percent this year. Lewis is an education technology coordinator in the department. She said she thought that the decision to cut her position "was intentional, but I can't validate that." More News New Mexico

Union Leaders Laid Off: Claim They Were Targeted By Governor