Jaramillo v. City of Albuquerque

COMPTON, Justice.

This is a class action by appellants, plaintiffs below, employees of the Sanitation Department of the City of Albuquerque, for a declaratory judgment that eight hours constitutes a day’s work in such employment. As a condition of their employment, they are required to work ten consecutive hours per day, four days a week.

Since we have no statute on the subject, we must turn to our Constitution, Article 20, Section 19. The section reads:

“Eight hours shall constitute a day’s work in all cases of employment by and on behalf of the state or any county or municipality thereof.”

The…