“Cost of living keeps going up. Prices keep going up. Inflation keeps going up,” said David Polka, whose parents live in Las Cruces.
In New Mexico, workers who receive tips now earn $3 an hour, but in Las Cruces that number is even higher at $4.78 cents due to a local ordinance.
“It is going to be helpful to our citizenry, and I’m really excited about that opportunity to have folks have what they need moving forward,” said Kasandra Gandara, a Las Cruces city councilor.
However, across state lines in Texas, minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour and has not gone up since 2009, according to Workforce Solutions Borderplex.
“We would anticipate that job seekers are going to drive a little further to get paid almost double what the minimum wage is here,” said Bianca Cervantes, communications director for Workforce Solutions Borderplex.
Meanwhile, the Department of Workforce Solutions in New Mexico is hoping the minimum wage increase in the state will help with the employee shortage.
“You know this from the help wanted signs. You know this from having to wait longer at a restaurant or not having your stores open the same number of hours they used to be. So that higher minimum wage should really draw workers here to the State of New Mexico and that’s really what we need right now for the economy,” said...
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