New Mexico § 50-2-2 - Prohibited acts; picketing; coercion or intimidation; obstructing ways of entrance or egress; interfering with use of transportation facilities; damages from violation of law; injunction

§ 50-2-2. Prohibited acts; picketing; coercion or intimidation; obstructing ways of entrance or egress; interfering with use of transportation facilities; damages from violation of law; injunction

A. It shall be unlawful for a labor organization or its representatives to engage

in picketing or to induce others to engage in picketing where an object thereof is: (1) coercing or inducing an employer or self-employed person to join or contribute

to a labor organization; or (2) coercing or inducing an employer to recognize or bargain with a labor organization

as the representative of his employees unless a majority of said employees favor such

representation, provided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply when

a majority of employees favored such representation at the commencement of such picketing,

and the employer has eliminated such majority by the discharge of any employee favoring

such representation, or the hiring of any additional employees opposed to such representation

for the purpose of availing himself of the remedies provided in this section. B. It shall be unlawful in connection with any labor dispute for any person individually

or in concert with others to hinder or prevent by mass picketing, violence or threats

of violence, force, coercion or intimidation of any kind, the pursuit of any lawful

work or employment, or to obstruct or interfere with entrance to or egress from any

place of employment, or to obstruct or interfere with free or uninterrupted use of

any public roads, streets, highways, railways, airports or other ways of travel or

conveyance. C. Whoever shall be injured in his employment, business or property by reason of any

violation of this section shall recover the actual damages by him sustained as a result

of said violation and such punitive or exemplary damages as the court or jury may

allow. D. Any person or persons may be restrained by injunction from doing any of the acts

prohibited by this section without regard to the conditions and restrictions set forth

in Sections 50-3-1 and 50-3-2 NMSA 1978 .