NMSUWednesday, November 11
NMSU's graduate workers union charges the university with a prohibited practice over dues
The Daily Las Cruces team
The NMSU graduate workers union, Graduate Workers United, served the university a prohibited practice charge on Nov. 2. It alleges NMSU stopped deducting union dues from some members' paychecks without telling them.
- Dropped since: Oct. 2024
- Estimated money lost: $10,000 or more
- Union's ask: stop removing members and return the money
71workers the union verified as missing from its dues rolls this semester
The union says it has records of each of them signing cards.
Source: KRWG Public Media
Union president Caedmon Ragland said nobody knew until he noticed discrepancies between the union's dues sheet and personal records. The union says the removals violate the Public Employees Bargaining Act of New Mexico, which says public employers must maintain dues deductions until written notice says otherwise.
“We’ve given NMSU almost three years at this point.”
Union members say NMSU first called it a failure in its systems. NMSU hadn't commented when KRWG published its report.
The union says the dues problem has run for more than two years
- Oct. 2024The union starts noticing members dropping off dues deductions.
- Oct. 2024Union members say NMSU called it a failure in its systems.
- Nov. 2The union serves NMSU a prohibited practice charge at Hadley Hall.
Sources: NMSU Round Up, KRWG Public Media
Sources: NMSU Round Up, KRWG Public Media