New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4% in July, up from 3.9% in June and up from 3.7% in the previous year. The national unemployment rate in July was 4.3% up from 4.1% in June and up from 3.5% in July 2023.
Total nonagricultural payroll employment grew by 19,200 jobs, or 2.2%, between July 2023 and...
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NMPED Secretary Romero resigns
SANTA FE — New Mexico Publ ic Education Department Secretary Arsenio Romero resigned from his position on Aug. 28, effective immediately.Earlier this month, New Mexico State University officials announced that Romero is one of five finalists for the position of president of the university. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement following Romero’s resignation:
“I appreciate Secretary Romero’s service to the New Mexico Public Education Department and the children of our state,” she said. “I wish him the best in his future endeavors.”
The governor and her staff will begin interviewing candidates to replace Romero as secretary of the NMPED...
NMDWS receives $1.5 million grant for energy transition workforce equity
ALBUQUERQUE — Out of more than 450 applications, the Families and Workers Fund selected the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ Energy Transition Workforce Equity project to be one of 14 awardees of the Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers Challenge.The Energy Transition Workforce Equity project will support NMDWS’ efforts to develop and expand New Mexico’s qualified clean energy workforce capacity. The new project will include systemic, coordinated, and regular convenings of a diverse, comprehensive, representative partnership of employers, educational institutions, community-based organizations, state agencies and policymakers.
The goals are to develop and...
Gov. appoints new state engineer
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Elizabeth Anderson as State Engineer on Aug. 19.Anderson, a highly respected water resources expert with over 25 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering, assumed the role immediately, bringing a wealth of knowledge and a strong commitment to advancing the state’s water security initiatives.
“I am pleased to appoint the first female, Elizabeth Anderson, as New Mexico’s State Engineer,” Lujan Grisham said. “Her extensive experience and dedication to water resource management make her the ideal leader to address the challenges posed by climate change and to implement our 50-Year Water Action Plan...
AFT union rejects UNM hospital’s request to negotiate
For the fifth time in the past year, the United Health Professionals of New Mexico division of the American Federation of Teachers has rejected the University of New Mexico’s Hospital’s offer to negotiate a contract on behalf of the regular employees it seeks to represent who work at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center – a campus of UNM Hospital.In a proposal sent to AFT on Aug. 21, UNM Hospital asked for the following:
Resume bargaining for regular employees as AFT had agreed to do in January, including bargaining regarding a wage increase.
Bargaining regarding PRN employees will be deferred until a New Mexico District Court judge rules whether or not PRN employees should...
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