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Case Name Decision Date Summary
8-PELRB-2015
Open Meetings Act Resolution		 March 3, 2015 The Board adopted its annual Open Meetings Act Resolution
7-PELRB-2015, PELRB No. 109-15
Central Consolidated School District v. Central Consolidated Education Association		 December 21, 2015 The Board adopted the Hearing Examiner’s findings and determination of default liability, after Respondent withdrew a motion for reconsideration of the default judgment.
6-PELRB-2015, PELRB No. 114-15
AFSCME Council 18 v. New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions		 October 9, 2015 The Board overruled the Hearing Examiner’s denial of a request for injunctive relief, concluding that PEBA grants both express and implied authority for the PELRB to grant injunctive relief. See NMSA Sec. 10-7E-23(A) and Leonard v. Payday Professional, 2007-NMCA-128.
5-PELRB-2015, PELRB No. 305-15
AFSCME Council 18 and The Board Of County Commissioners of Santa Fe County		 September 21, 2015 The Board adopted the Hearing Examiner’s letter decision regarding burden of proof related to a petition for accretion, and the Board held that the burden of proof is on the Union to establish the following five elements: (1) the employees to be accreted must not yet belong to a bargaining unit, (2) they must share a community of interest with the existing group, (3) their inclusion must not render the unit inappropriate, (4) if the petition is accompanied by a 30% showing of interest among the employees sought to be accreted and the group to be accreted is less than 10% of the existing unit, the Board shall presume that their inclusion does not raise a question concerning representation (QCR) requiring an election, and the Petitioner may proceed by unit clarification petition, and (5) if the number to be accreted is greater than 10%, the Board shall presume a QCR is raised and the Petitioner may proceed only be filing a petition for an election.
4-PELRB-2015
NEA-Raton & Raton School District		 July 14, 2015 Certification of Representation
3-PELRB-2015, PELRB No. 124-14
Robert Gallegos v. New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department		 June 23, 2015 The Board found good cause to and did amend Order 2-PELRB-2015, to clarify findings related to exhaustion of remedies and waiver.
2-PELRB-2015, PELRB No. 124-14
Robert Gallegos v. New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department		 April 15, 2015 The Board adopted the Hearing Examiner’s Report and Recommendation, dismissing a PPC based upon discipline being issued beyond the 45-day time limit established in the CBA, because “facts and circumstances exist which require[d] a longer time” to investigate the matter
1-PELRB-2015, PELRB No. 122-14
CWA Local 7076 v. State of New Mexico		 January 26, 2015 The Board adopted the Hearing Examiner’s Report and Recommendation to the extent it dismissed claims under Sections 19(A), (D), and (G), and sustained claims under Sections 19(B). The Board reversed the Hearing Examiner’s determination that the Dept. breached the duty to bargaining in good faith “on the ground that the Union did not adequately explain why it took no action in a six-month period to request bargaining.”

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Revised on 12/08/2025