Martha Burk Discusses Albuquerque's Pay Equity Ordinance

KUNM | By Megan Kamerick

Published November 21, 2015 at 2:29 PM MST

City Councilor Diane Gibson, Mayor Richard J. Berry and Martha Burk announce companies that met standards for pay equity under a new city ordinance at a press conference on Nov. 16.

Martha Burk talks with Megan Kamerick about the city of Albuquerque's pay equity ordinance. It's one of the only such efforts at a municipal level in the country and it's drawing interest from numerous other cities. The ordinance gives companies a 5 percent preference in bids for city contracts if they can demonstrate they have no more than a 10 percent gap in pay between men and women.

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Megan Kamerick

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.

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