Thank you for writing this - there is so little labor news in NM Media. State officials always throw out a phrase like "department officials do not comment on pending litigation of personnel matters." They are only hiding their own wrongdoing. Obviously the employee, Mr Ramirez, has been going public on this (Bravo for you!, Phil) and it is the employee who decides (not the employer) if such issues can be made public. See the AFSCME contract Article 17, Section 2.
dennielynn
· 1 year ago
How sad that this article still has not been published in the Gallup Independent or the Gallup Herald. Seems like somebody doesn't want the Mckinley County area people to pick up on this sad situation that has happened to Phillip and his family. This is not how a place of employment should treat their servicemen and their employees. I am surprised the TV news stations have not picked up on this. I pray for Phillip and his family see justice within our laws that will prohibit this from happening to anyone else. CYFD DEFENDENTS YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELFS FOR TREATING GOOD PEOPLE LIKE THIS.
jaxs67
· 1 year ago
It is obvious the CYFD doesn't really care about family, they violated Phillips rights through the FMLA. Everyone who saw this happening and stood back and did nothing should be held accountable. Phillip has fought for our country, our rights, should'nt we fight for his? I say YES! Phillip needs to know that he has supporters out here, we need to stand together and assist this Serviceman and his Family.
markw
· 1 year ago
cyfd in New Mexico has been noted as being sexually biased for years now...so there are no real suprises on this deal.
tony
· 4 months ago
my name is Anthony Zamora and currently going through a legal matter against cyfd in Alamogordo. I have contacted many government agencies and many political people, in regards to this matter. CYFD in Alamogordo has abused their authority, and conducted themselves in inappropriate, unproffessional manners. I will give you an idea of what ordeal I am faced with. July 10 of this year my children were taken from me and my family. It all started with a call that was placed on an odor emitting from the outside of the home. So in turn a local police officer and a CYFD employee were dispatched to the home. The mother was confronted by the two agencies and come to find out that the call was given to the wrong agency, it was supposed to go to code enforcement, well in turn the mother was disgruntled by this, and an argument engaged between the cyfd employee and the mother, well needless to say the cyfd employee scared my children so bad, that my 7 year old dialed 911 on her, she tried to have the mother arrested but the officer at the time had no grounds for an arrest. So they gave the mother an verbal warning to have the outside of the home cleaned up. Here's where abuse of their power is initiated. The cyfd employee is so irrate 9 and a half hours later she convinces an corrupt officer to engage in her plan. They obtain a warrant for her arrest and take my children into cyfd custody and to this day niether I nor my family cannot have our children. We have contacted many different agencies, and have talked to many different people affiliated with government agencies in regards to this matter. There have been many empty promises through cyfd, many hang ups, no call back the list goes on. They did not notify me or any family members until 5 days after the incident, they know they are at fault and have tried substantiating their allegations by lies and slander. I need to know who the right people to contact while this goes on I get scheduled visits one hour a week to hear my children cry and tell me how afraid they are of cyfd employees, my children have never been abused they are all healthy and what gets me is that i visited my children and found my youngest with an ear infection and asked the adoptive parents to why he has that ear problem she told my that cyfd, out of spite, cancelled their insurance and now they cannot go to the doctor. The mother is sitting in jail on 3rd dgree child abuse charges for a stain on the carpet and a stain on the counter. The state knows they cannot convict her on such charges so are right now, trying to settle for a misdomenor. I need some help can you assist me? My home number is 5754372187 Anthony Zamora
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State officials always throw out a phrase like "department officials do not comment on pending litigation of personnel matters."
They are only hiding their own wrongdoing.
Obviously the employee, Mr Ramirez, has been going public on this (Bravo for you!, Phil) and it is the employee who decides (not the employer) if such issues can be made public. See the AFSCME contract Article 17, Section 2.