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.
Cross 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.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 4 - Labor Conditions; Payment of Wages
Section 50-4-2 - Semimonthly and monthly pay days.
Section 50-4-3 - Joint adventurers.
Section 50-4-4 - Discharges [Discharged] employees.
Section 50-4-5 - Employees quitting employment.
Section 50-4-6 - Industrial disputes.
Section 50-4-7 - Unconditional payment of wages conceded to be due.
Section 50-4-8 - Duties of the labor commissioner [director]
Section 50-4-9 - Records, subpoenas, etc.
Section 50-4-10 - Forfeiture and penalties.
Section 50-4-13 - [Hours of employment; eating establishments.]
Section 50-4-14 - [Emergency cases; hours permitted; rate for excessive hours.]
Section 50-4-15 - [Uniform time for beginning work; notice of change.]
Section 50-4-16 - [Time records; inspection.]
Section 50-4-17 - [Failure to keep record or comply with act; penalty.]
Section 50-4-18 - [Disposition of fines.]
Section 50-4-19 - Declaration of state public policy.
Section 50-4-20 - Short title.
Section 50-4-21 - Definitions.
Section 50-4-22 - Minimum wages.
Section 50-4-22.1 - Temporary state preemption; saving clause.
Section 50-4-23 - Persons with a disability; minimum wage; director powers and duties.
Section 50-4-24 - Employers exempt from overtime provisions for certain employees.
Section 50-4-25 - Posting of summary of the act.
Section 50-4-26 - Enforcement; penalties; employees' remedies.
Section 50-4-26.1 - Retaliation prohibited.
Section 50-4-28 - Right of collective bargaining.
Section 50-4-29 - Relation to other laws.
Section 50-4-30 - Daily maximum hours of employment; exceptions.
Section 50-4-31 - Minimum length of hoe handles.
Section 50-4-32 - Continuing course of conduct.
Section 50-4-33 - Family child care provider collective bargaining; representation.
Section 50-4-34 - Request for access to social networking account prohibited.
Section 50-4-35 - Labor relations; union security agreements.