UNM Announces 5% Pay Increase for Staff Earning Less then $30,000

Yesterday UNM announces a solid attempt to help employees earning less then $30,000 by raising the minimum pay rate from $8 to $9 for starting employees and giving any staff employee earning under $30,000 per year a 5% raise. In the past UNM has been criticized for having a not so exclusive $100,000 club but this year the college is showing that they have taking the leadership from CNM on pay increases after Michael Glennon's retirement. President Glennon may not have given large raises but he was known for always meeting the inflation rate in pay increases. He also never took a percentage raise higher then the one he gave the college staff. While employees never moved forward they also never moved back in pay over the ten years he held the office.

This year the new CNM president, Kathy Winograd has been bought and paid for with an 8% pay increase during her first six months and is looking forward to even more in the near future. She lobbied for a 2% increase for faculty and staff members and was forced to settle for a 3% increase for low income staff members. It is clear that the working class may still have one or two friends on that board. It is also clear that Ms. Winograd has adopted republican views from Board President Richard Barr. Strange that a democrat would adopt republican views during a year of change but she is clearly no friend to the working class in the college. One has to wonder who she is buying off with her new found wealth and how much damage she plans on doing in the future to a college that has alway been known for its assistances to low income workers.