New Mexico Supreme Court sides with unions in wage case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday sided with a group of unions and ordered state labor officials to revamp the way they set prevailing wage and fringe-benefit rates for certain public works projects. The court said Gov. Susana Martinez's administration has a duty under a 2009 change in state law to set rates based on collective-bargaining agreements rather than on wage surveys and other information....