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Links to Collective Bargaining Information

Resources: Public Employee Labor Relations Board Website, includes links to forms "Tell Me About...Collective Bargaining, In a Few Words" brochure Know Your Contract. Protect Yourself! Public Employee Bargaining Act Public Employee Labor Relations Board Regulations Bargaining Statute - PowerPoint Presentation Bargaining Basics Handbook Public Employee Bargaining Act Statute Public Employee Labor Relations Board Regulations (NM Administrative Code site) Link to Legislative Roll Call Votes on Collective Bargaining NEA-NM Press Release Collective Bargaining Issues for Para-educators Innovative Approaches to Bargaining in Higher Education Local Labor Relations Boards Link to NM Public Employee Labor Relations Board Rules on Creation of Local Boards Link to Local Labor Board Model Ordinance approved by the NM Public Employee Labor Relations Board Link to Rio Rancho Public Schools Labor Policy Based on Model Ordinance Sample Local Board Rules and Regulations from New Mexico State University Links to Some New Mexico Public Education Bargaining Agreements Albuquerque Teachers Federation and Albuquerque Public Schools (Certified) NEA-Bernalillo and the Bernalillo Public Schools Los Alamos Federation of School Employees and Los Alamos Schools (Certified) Jemez Valley Public Schools NEA-Las Cruces (Certified) and Las Cruces Public Schools CSEC-Las Cruces (Educational Assistants) and Las Cruces Public Schools CSEC-Las Cruces (PPD) and Las Cruces Public Schools CSEC-Las Cruces (Custodians) and Las Cruces Public Schools Los Alamos Federation of School Employees and Los Alamos Schools (Classified) NEA-Los Lunas and Los Lunas Schools (Certified) Rio Rancho School Employees' Union and Rio Rancho Public Schools (Wall-to-Wall) Roswell Education Association and Roswell Independent Schools Basic Contact (Wall-to-Wall, except maintenance and custodial) NEA-Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Public Schools (Wall-to-Wall, except maintenance and custodial) Communications Workers of America and Roswell Independent Schools (Maintenance and Custodial) Key to file types: Link to a web site, other than nea-nm.org Microsoft Word Document Microsoft PowerPoint, requires PowerPoint to be installed on your computer Portable Document Format, requires Acrobat Reader.  Use the this link for a free copy.               Statutory Collective Bargaining Regained On Friday, March 7, 2003, Governor Bill Richardson signed collective bargaining legislation into law restoring public employees’ rights to negotiate agreements with management.  Public employees lost those rights in 1999 when Gary Johnson vetoed legislation that would have extended collective bargaining rights.  Effective July 1, 2003, state and local governments, including school districts, are now required to bargain with labor organizations representing public employees. Governor Richardson Signs Collective Bargaining Legislation Governor Richardson released the following statement upon signing the legislation: Today is a great victory for our public workers across New Mexico.  Many of you were denied your rights under the previous administration.  I have long believed that all workers have earned the right to negotiate.  During my entire 15 years in Congress, I was always a proud supporter of collective bargaining.  Under my administration, and from now on in New Mexico, you have a seat at the table.  As we saw during 9-11, public employees courageously put their lives on the line for all of us.  Yet, even in New Mexico we took our public employees for granted.  Those days are gone.  Every day there are hundreds of State Police officers, corrections officers and others who provide public safety and security for all of us.  We have thousands of educators who have tremendous responsibilities to teach our children.  And there are thousands of public employees who keep our state and local governments running and working for the people of New Mexico every day.  All of those valued employees deserve a fair shake when it comes to negotiating salaries, workplace safety and other aspects of the jobs they perform. NEA Team Joins Governor Richardson Left to right: NEA-NM President Eduardo Holguin, NEA-NM Political Consultant Annadelle Sanchez, NEA-NM Government Relations Director Charles Bowyer, NEA-NM Executive Director Kay Brilliant, Governor Richardson, NEA Executive Committee Member Mike Billirakis, NEA Government Relations Consultant Jack Polidori, and NEA Collective Bargaining Director  Lynn Ohman The Statute contains language that: (1) forces local board policies adopted since 1991 to comply with most provisions of the new law;  (2)adopts a scope of bargaining that forces school management to talk about professional and instructional concerns; and  (3)a impasse resolution procedure that ends in final binding arbitration if the parties cannot reach agreement on a successor contract.

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