Government pay

New Mexico considers hourly $15 minimum for state workers

November 9, 2021 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Momentum appears to be building behind proposals to lift minimum pay in New Mexico state government to $15 an hour for at least 1,200 public workers who make less than that, amid a state budget surplus and national trends toward higher wages.

Black workers had long history with fed jobs before shutdown

By COREY WILLIAMSJanuary 26, 2019 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — For Cheryl Monroe and generations of other African-Americans, federal government jobs have long been a path to the middle class and a way to provide a comfortable life for their families...