Mayor Tim Keller announced last month he was tightening down a program giving vendors competing for city contracts a preference if the disparity between salaries of their male and female employees did not exceed 7%. The original incentive program to combat pay inequity was designed by activist Martha Burk and sponsored by City Councilor Diane […]

The City of Albuquerque filed a motion last week to try to prevent a class action lawsuit that alleges gender pay discrimination. About 600 women joined four original plaintiffs in 2020 to create a class action lawsuit to seek redress for alleged gender pay discrimination. The original four plaintiffs filed their suit in 2018. Susan […]

The City of Albuquerque is facing a class-action lawsuit, filed by female employees who say they have been paid less than their male counterparts for years.  The suit was filed in 2018, but this month a state district judge ruled that the suit can include any classified female employee who worked at the city between […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The City of Albuquerque is facing a class action lawsuit from five women who say they are being paid less than men for doing the same job. The employees claim the city is violating the New Mexico Fair Pay for Women Act. Learn more from KOB4

A lawsuit alleging that women employed by the city of Albuquerque have been paid less than their male counterparts has been certified for class action status. Second Judicial District Court Judge Clay Campbell noted the decision in a July 24 letter. The city of Albuquerque is named as the defendant. By Rick Nathanson / Journal […]