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:<...
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