SOME WORKERS IN NEW MEXICO MAY BE IN FOR A PAY RAISE. THE NEW MEXICO SENATE HAS PASSED AND SENT ON TO THE HOUSE A BILL THAT RAISES THE STATE’S MINIMUM WAGE TO NINE DOLLARS AN HOUR FROM ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF 7-50.
UNDER THE PROPOSAL, THE WAGE WOULD GO TO 8-25 AN HOUR IN OCTOBER…THEN TO NINE DOLLARS IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A TRAINING WAGE OF 8-DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR NO LONGER THAN 60 DAYS. THE LAST TIME NEW MEXICO RAISED ITS MINIMUM WAGE WAS 2009.
