"Tense" Negotiations with Public Unions

Governor Martinez
The Santa Fe Reporter - To the three public employee unions currently negotiating new state contracts, the state’s offers are nothing more than the governor’s latest sneer toward organized labor. Though they’ve been at the table since the summer, both sides “haven’t even begun to address 75 percent of the contract” for Communications Workers of America members, according to Robin Gould, a lead negotiator for CWA. The Fraternal Order of Police and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have similar perspectives. “We haven’t gotten to the major issues yet,” David Heshley, executive director of the FOP’s state lodge, tells SFR. “I’m not expecting anything to get done [this month], and we’ve been going since July.”  Read full story here: News New Mexico

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