2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 50 - Employment Law
Article 4 - Labor Conditions; Payment of Wages
Section 50-4-35 - Labor relations; union security agreements.
A. The purpose of this section is for the state to exercise the limited authority reserved to the states under Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
B. An employer or labor organization anywhere in the state may execute and apply an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment to the full extent allowed by federal law.
C. The state has exclusive jurisdiction to prohibit the negotiation, execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in New Mexico.
D. A city, county, home rule municipality or other political subdivision of the state shall not adopt nor continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution or statute that prohibits the negotiation, execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in New Mexico.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 81, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the National Labor Relations Act, see 29 U.S.C.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 81 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
