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Healthcare union elections in New Mexico

8 union petitions since Jan 2023 at 2 healthcare employers hiring in New Mexico, by the National Labor Relations Board's record: unions won 5 elections and 0 petitions are pending. Workers at public hospitals organize under New Mexico law instead, outside this record.

8
Union petitions
since Jan 2023
5
Won by a union

Union petitions in New Mexico

Newest first. Each employer opens its page, with its open jobs.

Union petitions at healthcare employers hiring in New Mexico
FiledEmployerWorkersUnionOutcome
2 Jan 2026San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington, NMregistered nurses4 eligibleCommunications Workers of AmericaNo union, 4 to 0
2 Jan 2026San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington, NMregistered nurses5 eligibleCommunications Workers of AmericaThe union won, 3 to 2
10 Dec 2025San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington, NMregistered nurses3 eligibleCommunications Workers of AmericaThe union won, 3 to 0
9 Dec 2025San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington, NMregistered nurses4 eligibleCommunications Workers of AmericaThe union won, 3 to 0
9 Dec 2025San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington, NMNot describedCommunications Workers of AmericaPetition withdrawn
13 Nov 2025San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington, NMregistered nurses344 eligibleCommunications Workers of America, AFL-CIOThe union won, 150 to 101
20 Feb 2024First Choice Community HealthcareAlbuquerque, NMNot describedDistrict 1199NM, National Union of Hospital and Healthcare Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn
22 Sep 2023First Choice Community HealthcareAlbuquerque, NMbehavioral health patient scheduler236 eligibleNational Union of Hospital & Healthcare Employees District 1199NM, AFSCME, AFL-CIOThe union won, 138 to 30

Healthcare union elections in New Mexico: common questions

Which hospitals and healthcare employers in New Mexico unionized recently?

Unions won 5 elections in New Mexico since Jan 2023 at employers hiring on this site, the latest: San Juan Regional Medical Center, registered nurses in Farmington, NM (Communications Workers of America), filed 2 Jan 2026: the union won, 3 to 2; San Juan Regional Medical Center, registered nurses in Farmington, NM (Communications Workers of America), filed 10 Dec 2025: the union won, 3 to 0; San Juan Regional Medical Center, registered nurses in Farmington, NM (Communications Workers of America), filed 9 Dec 2025: the union won, 3 to 0; San Juan Regional Medical Center, registered nurses in Farmington, NM (Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO), filed 13 Nov 2025: the union won, 150 to 101.

Which unions represent healthcare workers in New Mexico?

By the elections won since Jan 2023: Communications Workers of America (3), Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (1) and National Union of Hospital & Healthcare Employees District 1199NM, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (1). Each won among one unit of workers at one site; older units are not in this window.

Are any union elections pending in New Mexico?

None at the employers hiring on this site in New Mexico.

Sources and method

A case is listed when the employer its petition names is one of the employers hiring on this site, matched by name and by its open jobs in the case's town. Cases filed since Jan 2023, read 9 Nov 2026. Every state.

  1. National Labor Relations Board case records (nlrb.gov), as copied nightly by labordata/nlrb-data

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Healthcare union elections in New Mexico. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/healthcare-union-elections/new-mexico

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