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Public Employee Labor Relations Board
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Regular Board Meeting
The next regular meeting of the PELRB will take place on November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM at the PELRB Offices. More information can be found on the Hearing Calendar.
Updated Information
Updated information on covered employees, bargaining representatives, CBAs, and bargaining units arising under the PEBA.
District Court upholds PELRB ruling
News item: Source New Mexico
Read the Court’s Order here.
Information on Representatives
Learn more about it here.
CBAs and Bargaining Units Arising Under the PEBA
Learn more about it here.
NMAG and others obtain injunction to preserve FMCS services for state and local government
Read the Court’s Order and Complaint.
Read the PELRB Executive Director’s Declaration in Support of Injunction.
Alternate Hearing Examiner Huchmala attends NJC
- The National Judicial College (NJC) offers extensive training for ALJs/Hearing Examiners throughout the nation.
- In August 2025, Hearing Examiner Huchmala concluded the two-week in-person Fair Hearing course. In October 2025, he concludes the 6-week on-line Evidence Course for ALJs.
The New Mexico Public Employee Bargaining Act (PEBA), (§§ 10-7E-1 through 10-7E-26 NMSA 1978), creates the Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB). The Act reinstates collective bargaining for public employees, which expired in 1999. This means that the Board has authority over all general collective bargaining matters between employee organizations or individual public employees and either state agencies or units of local government that that have not established a local labor board. The PELRB also has jurisdiction to ensure that local labor ordinances and resolutions (and in some instances, local labor boards) comply with PEBA.
The Board and Executive Director pledge to do their best to guarantee public employees the right to organize and bargain collectively with their employers; promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between public employers and employees; and protect the public interest by assuring the orderly operation and functioning of the state and its political subdivisions as required by the PEBA, § 2.