Minimum Wage Lobby Day Floods Capitol

From ACORN:

New Round of Phone Calls Urgently Needed!
Over 200 supporters from Las Cruces, Carlsbad, Rio Rancho, Espanola, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe rallied at the capitol Tuesday, praising Speaker Ben Lujan’s leadership on the minimum wage and calling for Governor Richardson to take a stand for indexing the wage to inflation, implementing the $7.50 wage before 2009, and maintaining cities’ right to pass higher wages. 

Later that afternoon, the House Business & Industry Committee tabled the Speaker’s bill, HB258, to Thursday’s meeting, asking the Speaker to meet with opponents to consider ways of aleviating their concerns.

So TODAY, we need you to make at least two phone calls:

1. To Governor Richardson, renewing our call for him to support indexing the minimum wage to inflation and getting to $7.50 before 2009, so the minimum wage does not lose value in New Mexico. Call him at 476-2200.

2. Call the member of the House Business & Industry Committee you live closest to, and tell him or her to pass the Speaker’s bill with no amendments.

Chairman Fred Luna, Los Lunas: 986-4329
Rep. Jose Campos, Santa Rosa: 986-4242
Rep. Richard Vigil, Las Vegas: 986-4249
Rep. George Hanosh, Grants: 986-4243
Rep. Dona Irwin, Deming: 986-4242
Rep. Debbie Rodella, Rio Arriba County: 986-4248
Rep. Hector Baldera, Wagon Mound: 986-4254
Rep. Jim Trujillo, Santa Fe: 986-4255.

Lastly, please join us for the House Business & Industry Committee hearing Thursday at 1:30 PM in Room 309 in the Roundhouse. For a ride, email nmacorn@acorn.org.