CLUW New Mexico

01/31/2020

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01/11/2017

Good Evening, Come celebrate and walk wtih use in the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday March, Saturday January 14,2017 at 10:00 a.m. The March begins at the N.E. corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and University Blvd. and ends at Civic Plaza. Commeration Ceremony immediately following the march.

01/10/2017

GooodMorning: Womens's March on Washington ALBUQUERQUE, January 21, 2017 Rally begins at 11 a.m. Civic Plaza! See you there!!!! ☮

09/26/2016

Voter Information!

VOTING MADE EASY FOR OUR FALL 2016 ELECTION

Bernalillo County Early Voting Dates -
Saturday, October 22nd thru Saturday, November 5th, 2016, Monday thru Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (plus there will be ‘Absentee In Person’ voting at the Clerk’s Annex, 1500 Lomas NW, starting Tuesday, October 11th - Saturday, November 5th, 2016- Monday thru Saturday 8:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m.)

Go to http://www.bernco.gov/clerk/absentee-voting.aspx to download an Absentee Ballot Application. Absentee Ballots will be mailed out to individuals who have successfully filed an application starting Tuesday, October 11th through Friday, November 4th, 2016 at 5:00 pm

Get Your Sample Ballot
Go to this page on the Bernalillo County Clerk’s website -> bernco.gov/mvi
This link will take you to the ‘My Voter’ page and the link to your sample ballot.

CHECK YOUR VOTER STATUS – Go to bernco.gov/mvi Make sure you’re in the data base and eligible to vote. If you’re not in the database or see errors, call 505.468.1291.
Early voting Locations where you can cast your vote at any one of the 19 polling places. For more info visit ‘My Vote Center’ at bernco.gov/mvi

Check your local county wesite outside of Bernco.

Absentee ballots will be mailed out to individuals who have successfully filed an application beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 and will continue through Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at 5 p.m. Absentee ballots must be returned to the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office or to a polling location by 7 p.m. on T...

06/07/2016

Hello Sisters and Brothers,

We are saddened to inform you of the passing of Ida Torres on Sunday June 5th.

Sister Torres described herself as a "Worker for Workers." Her Union mission began as a telephone operator for Local 231 UOPWA. During the 1965 strike of Bloomingdale's workers, Torres was appointed a Union Organizer for Local 3 United Storeworkers RWDSU. In 1977, she was elected Vice President of the Local and In 1984, she was elected Secretary-Treasurer, and then in 1998, she was sworn in as President. She was elected Vice President of the RWDSU International. She participated in the 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., and was a founding member of CLUW as well as the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women. She served on the National Executive Board of CLUW representing UFCW. Torres has also been active in the NAACP, the National Conference for Puerto Rican Civil Rights, the Hispanic Labor Committee and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. She was an Instructor in Labor Studies at Cornell University's New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations and taught regularly at the Summer School for Union Women through UALE.

In 2014 Sister Torres was honored at CLUW's 40th Anniversary Celebration with the Pioneer Award.

Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and the thousands of workers she touched throughout her remarkable life.

06/01/2016

The Verizon strike is over and we won! The working people at Verizon and Verizon Wireless are returning to work knowing that their hard work resulted in big gains and saved good, union jobs. *

Elva , your help was critical in this fight and we want to extend our sincere thanks. Supporters like you came out to picket lines, took action online, and donated tens of thousands of dollars that helped support the working families on strike. We should be proud of what we accomplished together.

05/22/2016

è Early voting Locations where you can cast your vote at any one of the 19 polling places. For more info visit bernco.gov/mvi or My Vote Center


98th & Central
120 98th St NW Alb., NM 87121, Suite B101, B102
Caracol Plaza
12500 Montgomery Blvd NE Alb., NM 87111, suite 101
Central Mercado
301 San Pedro Dr SE Alb., NM 87108 suites B,C,D,E
Clerk’s Annex
1500 Lomas Blvd NW Alb., NM 87104, suite A
Daskalos Center
5339 Menaul Blvd NE Alb., NM 87110, middle suite
Desiderio Community Center
117 Tribal Rd 7036 ToHajiilee, NM 87026, Chapter Meeting Room
Fiesta Del Norte Shopping Center
6001 San Mateo Blvd NE Alb., NM 87109, suite B-3
Four Hills
13140 Central Ave SE Alb., NM 87123, front suite
Holly Plaza
6500 Holly Ave NE Alb., NM 87113, suite A-6
Isleta Elderly Center
Building 79 Tribal Rd 40, Isleta Pueblo, NM 87022, in Activity Room
Los Altos Plaza
4200 Wyoming Blvd NE Alb., NM 87111, suite B-2
Los Ranchos Villa
6601 4th St NW Alb., NM 87107, suite K, L
Pajarito Senior Meal Site
6080 Isleta Blvd SW Alb., NM 87107, in the Building
Petroglyph Plaza
8201 Golf Course Rd NW Alb., NM 87120, Suite D-1
South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center
2008 Larrazolo Rd SW Alb., NM 87105, in the gym
Sun Country Plaza
9421 Coors Blvd NW Alb., NM 87114, suites G-H
Tijeras City Hall
12 Camino Municipal, Tijeras, NM 87059, Council Chambers
University of New Mexico
Student Union Building Alb., NM 87131, Lobo A & B
West Bluff Center
5201 Ouray Rd NW Alb., NM 87120, suite D-2

05/18/2016

In 2014, President Obama directed the Secretary of Labor to update the overtime regulations to reflect the original intent of the Fair Labor Standards Act, simplifying and modifying the rules to make it easier for workers and businesses to understand and apply.

Today is that historic day. The Department of Labor (DOL) has just announced new regulations regarding overtime pay. No longer is overtime reserved just for those who earn hourly wages or make less than $23.6K a year. Under the final rule:

Now the pay threshold has been raised to include those who earn salaried pay and who earn up to $47,476 a year, ensuring protection for some 4.2 million workers.
The salary threshold will automatically update every three years based on wage growth, increasing predictability.
Overtime protections will be strengthened for workers already entitled to overtime, and
Workers and employees will gain greater clarity.
For more information on overtime pay, visit the DOL website.
The Coalition of Labor Union Women has always been a supporter in the fight for equal rights and fair wages, and recognizes the importance of this rule for workers. Now employees can work over 40 hours knowing they will be getting proper compensation, or have more leisure time to spend with their families. If the employer doesn’t want to pay time-and-a-half at the overtime rate, then they must employ someone else at the standard rate to fill in for the extra hours, thus creating new job opportunities for more workers.

The new rule will go into effect on December 1, 2016, giving employees ample time to prepare. The final rule does not make any changes to the duties test of executive, administrative and professional employees.

Please join us in celebrating all day long by participating in a tweet storm sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI):

05/02/2016

There are 40,000 Verizon workers on strike across the nation and Verizon is having a shareholders meeting next Thursday (5/5/16) at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town.
Please send this out and ask all of our friends and Community Partners to attend.
I have attached a flyer for the event.

We are driving an action in support of those striking workers. The event will probably get national press and we need the help of all of our friends to show up and show their support.

When: 7:30 am to 9 am
Where: Hotel Albuquerque at 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW in Old Town
Why: to support 40,000 striking CWA (Communications Workers of America) workers

04/11/2016

Save the Date: April 12th is Equal Pay Day

Tuesday, April 12th is Equal Pay Day. More than 50 years have passed since the Equal Pay Act and women still make only 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. The wage gap is even larger for women of color, such as African-Americans who make only 60 cents to the dollar or Latinas who are paid only 55 cents for every dollar paid to white non-Hispanic men. On Equal Pay Day, we’re holding lawmakers and candidates accountable to make sure they know how critical this issue is.

Join CLUW and various other organizations for a tweet storm which marks the day on which women’s pay finally catches up to what their white male counterparts were paid last year alone:

Tweet Storm

Tuesday, April 12

2PM – 3PM ET

Hashtags: , ,

Participate in the tweet storm! Please download and print the sign from the link provided; have your picture taken with it to support Equal Pay!

Below are a few sample tweets:

April 12th is ! Join us on April 12 from 2-3 PM EST for a Twitter storm as we talk about why we need equal pay now.
Join us for an Twitter storm on April 12 from 2-3 PM EST and tell us why you want equal pay matters to you!
for equal work! April 12 is when women’s earnings finally catch up to white men’s from last year.
I support {photo link}
Equal Pay Day is so important to working women everywhere. We hope to see you participate!

Co-sponsored by: American Association of University Women (AAUW), American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), American Women, Atlanta Women for Equality, Catalyst, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Equal Rights Advocates, Equal Pay Today!, Feminist Majority, Institute for Science and Human Values, Inc., Jewish Women International (JWI), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, Legal Momentum, Make it Work, MomsRising, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, National Center for Law and Economic Justice, National Council of Jewish Women, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Organization for Women, National Women’s Law Center, Union for Reform Judaism, Women of Reform Judaism, The Voter Participation Center, Women’s Law Project, 9to5 National Association of Working Women

10/27/2015

Mark your calendars!!! This is going to be a good one!

On November 19th., starting at 5:30, CLUW New Mexico will present John Dyrcz, State Affiliate Political Organizer AFT-NM. He will present about why labor lost the election in 2014.

06/10/2015

Monthly Member Meetings will continue in September! have a great summer everyone!