New Mexico Statutes 50-2-4. Promise concerning union membership
A. Every promise between any employee or prospective employee and his employer, prospective employer or any other person is contrary to public policy if either party thereto promises any of the following:
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 50-2-4
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
(1) not to join or not to remain a member of a labor organization or of an employer organization; or
(2) to withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins or remains a member of a labor organization or of an employer organization.
B. Such promise shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court against a party to such promise, or against any other persons who, without fraud, violence or threat thereof, advise such party to act in disregard of such promise.
C. The term “promise” includes promise, undertaking, contract or agreement, whether written or oral, express or implied.
D. Any person who coerces or compels any person to enter into an agreement, written or verbal, not to join or become a member of any labor organization, as a condition of securing employment or continuing in the employment of any such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.