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EFFORTS
FIGHT
ONCOMING
MINIMUM WAGE
HIKE...APPROVED
NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
ASKING CITY
INSTEAD
PHASING-IN THE
BUT TIME IS
THE DOLLAR-AN-
HOUR INCREASE
TO 8-50.... TAKES
THAN A MONTH.
HIKE LIES
LARGELY WITH
ALBUQUERQUE
EVEN THOUGH
OVERWHELMINGLY
"...
opinion that the
council does have the
right to totally nullify
amend it..."
ONE IS
SPONSORING
ANYTHING.
THOSE WITH THE
GROUP "OLE"...
WHICH FOUGHT
SUPPORT.
"...
voters passed a dollar
knew what they were
"OLE" MEMBER
ANDREA SERRANO
SAYS... A PUSH BY
THE NEW MEXICO
RESTAURANT
GET COUNCILORS
TO AMEND THE
PHASING IN THE
INCREASE... IS
WRONG.
TELLS US... THE
DOLLAR-AN-HOUR
INCREASE WON'T
FIT WELL FOR
MANY BUSINESS
BUDGET PLANNING
FOR PAY
INCREASES.
THE
ASSOCIATION...
IT'S WORSE FOR
RESTAURANTS.
TIPPED FOOD
WORKERS WOULD
JUST OVER 2-
HOUR TO MORE
DOLLARS --
THE ASSOCIATION.
AVERAGE
MEANS A PAYROLL
ABOUT 80-
THOUSAND-
DOLLARS A YEAR
NON-SERVERS.
TRUDY JONES
OPPOSED THE
ASSOCIATION'S
IDEA OF PHASING
IN THE CITY-WIDE
MIGHT HAVE COME
"...
i believe that phasing
proposition to do,
especially considering
that the wage starts in
january..."
SUPPORTERS OF
SAY - THE
SHOULDN'T DO
"...
this was a 66-percent
majority that voted this
wise to go against the
will of the voters... "
RESTAURANT
SAYS THEY HAVE
BEEN IN TALKS
COUNCILORS - BUT
WHO.
AGAIN - AT THIS
POINT NO CITY
COUNCILOR IS
REGARDING THE
A SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE MAYOR'S
RESPECT THE
VOTERS... BUT
WILL STILL
CONSIDER
WHATEVER THE