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Tex. Gov't Code § 617.003

PROHIBITION ON STRIKES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Harmon v. Dall. Cnty. (2018)

Most recently applied in Harmon v. Dall. Cnty. (February 2018)

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Public employees may not strike or engage in an organized work stoppage against the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(b) A public employee who violates Subsection (a) forfeits all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and any other rights, benefits, and privileges the employee enjoys as a result of public employment or former public employment.

(c) The right of an individual to cease work may not be abridged if the individual is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.