{"id":14021,"date":"2019-02-08T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T23:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=14021"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:46:39","slug":"the-line-debate-over-raising-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-debate-over-raising-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Debate Over Raising Minimum Wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDrl1TybpAU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>February 8, 2019 \u2013 New Mexico\u2019s minimum wage has remained at $7.50 for over ten years now, and Democratic lawmakers think it\u2019s been too low for too long. The House Commerce and Economic Development Committee last week voted along party lines last week on HB31, a bill to raise the state\u2019s minimum wage to $10 an hour in July, with an annual increase until it reaches $12 an hour on 2021. Not everyone approves of the plan, though, especially a large segment of the restaurant industry, many who feel a lower minimum wage for workers who traditionally rely on tips should be maintained.\u00a0\u00a0 Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists debate the merits and downsides of this bill, and look at other minimum wage bills making their way through this legislative session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Michael Bird, public health consultant<br \/>\nTom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<br \/>\nMary T. Torres, attorney at Law Offices of Mary T. Torres<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/business\/new-mexico-restaurant-industry-fights-wage-bill\/article_ee3b99bd-911c-5457-98dd-3f53a8351a0a.html\">New Mexico restaurant industry fights wage bill<\/a> &#8212; Andrew Oxford, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruidosonews.com\/story\/news\/local\/community\/2019\/02\/04\/proposal-raise-new-mexicos-minimum-wage-head-house-floor\/2764610002\/\">Proposal to raise New Mexico&#8217;s minimum wage will head to house floor<\/a> \u2013 <em>Ruidoso News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nmlegis.gov\/Sessions\/19%20Regular\/bills\/house\/HB0031.pdf\">HB31<\/a> \u2013 New Mexico Legislature website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 8, 2019 \u2013 New Mexico\u2019s minimum wage has remained at $7.50 for over ten years now, and Democratic lawmakers think it\u2019s been too low for too long. The House Commerce and Economic Development Committee last week voted along party lines last week on HB31, a bill to raise the state\u2019s minimum wage to $10&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[2649,2648,2645,393,2646,2644,2643,488,1862,1529,2647],"class_list":["post-14021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-line","tag-employees","tag-employers","tag-hb31","tag-minimum-wage","tag-minimum-wage-bills","tag-minimum-wage-debate","tag-minimum-wage-increase","tag-nm-legislature","tag-restaurants","tag-small-business","tag-wait-staff"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Line: Debate Over Raising Minimum Wage - New Mexico In Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-debate-over-raising-minimum-wage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Line: Debate Over Raising Minimum Wage - New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 8, 2019 \u2013 New Mexico\u2019s minimum wage has remained at $7.50 for over ten years now, and Democratic lawmakers think it\u2019s been too low for too long. 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