Public employees, other than management employees and confidential employees, may form, join or assist a labor organization for the purpose of collective bargaining through representatives chosen by public employees without interference, restraint or coercion and shall have the right to refuse any such activities.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 4, § 5 and by Laws 2003, ch. 5, § 5.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2003, ch. 4, § 5 and Laws 2003, ch. 5, § 5 enacted identical new sections of law, effective July 1, 2003. Both were compiled as 10-7E-5 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Right of public defenders to join collective bargaining unit, 108 A.L.R.5th 241.