Gallup Fights for a Fair Wage--and a Fair Fight

From NM ACORN:
After collecting hundreds of signatures from Gallup, NM voters to place a minimum wage proposal before the voters, wage activists in Gallup will be fighting for a fair vote on Tuesday. The Gallup City Council will vote Tuesday, January 9, at 7:00 PM on whether or not to place one proposal before the voters or the fair wage proposal and a bogus alternative.

The fair wage proposal would raise the minimum wage 60 days after passage to $6.75 and then to $7.50 by 2008. The wage will rise annually with the cost of living. The City Council may confuse the issue by including a watered-down version, backed by the Chamber of Commerce, on the same ballot. (The Chamber did not collect signatures to put their proposal before the public.) If both proposals are approved by the voters, the one with the most votes would become law.

Come to the Gallup City Council Hearing on Tuesday and demand a fair up or down vote on the fair wage proposal!

Call your Gallup City Councilor, and tell them not to support the Chamber's dirty tricks by including a wage proposal backed by minimum wage opponents.

Mr. William Nechero, (505) 863-1220, council1@ci.gallup.nm.us

Mrs. Mary Ann Armijo, (505) 863-1220, council2@ci.gallup.nm.us

Mr. Patrick Butler, (505) 863-1220, council3@ci.gallup.nm.us

Mr. Frank Gonzales, (505) 863-1220, council4@ci.gallup.nm.us

The hearing will be held at City Hall, 110 West Aztec Avenue.

For more information contact Matthew Henderson at nmacorn@acorn.org or Dale Potter at Pot5D@aol.com