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Tex. Lab. Code § 101.152

MASS PICKETING PROHIBITED

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 479 v. Becon Construction Co. (2003)

Most recently applied in 681 F. Supp. 2d 778 - OFFICES AT 2525 McKINNON, LLC v. Ornelas (January 2010)

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person may not engage in any form of picketing activity in which a picket constitutes any character of obstacle to the free ingress to and egress from an entrance to any premises, either by obstructing the free ingress and egress with the person's body or by placing a vehicle or other physical obstruction.

(b) In this section, "picket" includes a person:

(1) stationed by or acting for an organization to:

(A) induce anyone not to enter the premises being picketed; or

(B) observe the premises being picketed to ascertain who enters or patronizes the premises; or

(2) who follows employees or patrons of the premises being picketed to or from those premises to observe them or to attempt to dissuade them from entering or patronizing the premises.

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