List of employee salaries spurs lawsuit

Associated Press

Updated: Jun 15, 2012 1:42 PM

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico's largest public employee union is suing for the removal of names and salaries from a state-run online database.

The Albuquerque Journal ( http://bit.ly/LgrhJw) reports the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 18 filed a lawsuit in state District Court in Albuquerque this week.

The group is arguing Gov. Susana Martinez's administration violated state law by adding employee information from the state's Sunshine Portal.

A spokesman for the Republican governor said Thursday the state has the authority to post workers' names and pay.

An attorney representing the AFSCME says portal law protects rank-and-file state employees from having their names associated with their salaries.

Martinez announced in October that names and salaries of all state workers would be posted.

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