Governor Wins Battle on Labor Board Appointment
The most significant recent PELRB-related news, is that the Supreme Court declined to review District Court Judge Nan Nash's decision that Governor Martinez could appoint the so called "labor representative" upon recommendation of any New Mexico labor organization, not just the biggies, AFSCME Council 18 or CWA Local 7076. See Albuquerque Journal, Gov. Wins Labor Battle, Mar. 14, 2012.
As readers may recall, I had previously been critical of the underlying reasoning in a state Supreme Court ruling that the Governor's removal power is severely limited as to the PELRB. See AFSCME v. Martinez, 2011-NMSC-018. To me, the decision appeared
