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New Mexico Film Workers on Verge of Historic Strike. How Did We Get Here?

A film slate or clapper with popcorn coming out of the top on a yellow background

Some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in the film industry could soon walk off the job, after a historic vote from union members to approve a possible strike. Many of those employees live and work right here in New Mexico, and are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). It’s a union that is…

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The Albuquerque Mayoral Forum, presented by the New Mexico Black Voters Collaborative

Eddy Aragon, Tim Keller, and Manny Gonzales speak at a forum.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, as voting begins in local elections across the state, NMiF teams with the New Mexico Black Voters Collaborative to present a mayoral forum in the state’s largest city. Incumbent Mayor Tim Keller has three challengers, including one write-in candidate. The other two challengers – Eddy Aragon and Manny Gonzales – joined Keller…

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