Sisters and Brothers,

Yesterday Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a Public Health Executive Order mandating COVID Vaccines for certain employees.

Public Health Executive Orders are state law and have uniformly survived legal challenges in New Mexico during the COVID Emergency. Those employees identified in the Order must comply with the terms outlined---meaning they must be vaccinated to continue their employment. Although there are exemptions (Health Care workers who do not wish to become vaccinated must have a valid medical condition or a bona fide religious objection) the vast majority of Health Care workers must comply. 

The executive order is below.

https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081721-PHO-Vaccines.pdf

If you have questions, please call the Union office.

Eleanor Chavez, Executive Director
NUHHCE District 1199NM
130 Alvarado NE Suite 100
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
eleanor@district1199nm.org

Office 505.884.7713
Cell 505.639.6423
Fax 505.884.7667

"Nothing will stop the movement of a people whose time has come". Cesar Chavez