AFSCME Welcomes State Personnel Plan Improving Compensation Proposed Plan Raises Wages for Corrections, Public Safety, CYFD, IT, and Healthcare Workers Beginning July 2016. AFSCME Continues Work with Legislative Allies to Win Cost of Living Raises for All State Employees President of AFSCME State Corrections Local 3422, Lee Ortega and AFSCME Corrections Officers (COs) came expecting to hear good news from State Personnel Director, Justin Najaka during today's Legislative Finance Committee hearing in Santa Fe.

Hot Situation at Los Lunas Prison Prompts Officers to Spend Tuesdays in the Sun For immediate Release Contact Miles Conway 505-455-2853 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union Members rallied nearby the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility (CNMCF) in Los Lunas this Tuesday.

Council 18's 7th Annual Public Safety Blue Breakfast & Lobby Day "Better Than Ever!" On January 11, AFSCME public safety members turned out for Council 18's Annual Public Safety Blue Breakfast & Lobby Day, in Santa Fe. 80+ members participated in the outstanding program of topical issues by recognized public safety leaders, sharing peer-to-peer information, and lobbying our NM legislature.

Spring 2016 AFSCME Public Safety News Luna County public safety employees are organiz ing with AFSCME! Elections will be conducted by the New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board in the very near future. Unfortunately, in response to the employees' effort to have a voice in the workplace, the county is wasting tax-payer dollars to hire help to fight the workers.

Six armed guards responded to what a union describes as a "near-riot" in a Los Lunas prison last weekend, one day after the New Mexico Corrections Department reduced monthly visitation days for inmates to relieve a prison staffing crisis.

New Mexico's State Corrections system is teetering on the edge of crisis. Corrections employees need decisive action NOW from the Governor and Legislature to foster a safer, well-run system. It's mission critical for our state government. Please sign a letter in support of the men and women who dedicate themselves to one of our country's toughest careers.

Miles Conway is the Communications Director for AFSCME Council 18. On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with working people and against the wealthy special interests behind the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case. Friedrichs was an attempt to restrict our rights to join together through our union so that we are [...]

In David Sanchez's nightmares, he's back in the ravaged New Mexico Penitentiary after one of the deadliest prison riots in U.S. history, the smell of burnt flesh permeating the air. Thirty-three inmates died in the February 1980 riot, hundreds of others were injured, and seven guards were beaten or raped.

AFSCME Metro Detention Center Officers Win in NM District Court: County Cannot Impose Conditions, Must Return to Bargaining Table Relations had grown chilly between Union Detention Officers and Management at Bernalillo County Metro Detention Center over the past year and a half.