Unions at Work: New Mexico Ends First Amendment Waiver Provision

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Union Policy Reversal in New Mexico

New Mexico state employees no longer will have to agree to waive their First Amendment rights to start paying union dues.

The state’s previous Republican administration modified its payroll deduction forms to include the provision last year after the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision that said mandatory public sector union dues violate workers’ First Amendment rights.

But asking state employees to sign a form to “voluntarily and affirmatively” waive those rights in order to join ...