CHAPTER 617. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND STRIKES - Texas Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS

AND EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER 617. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND STRIKES

Sec. 617.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "labor organization"

means any organization in which employees participate and that

exists in whole or in part to deal with one or more employers

concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours of

employment, or working conditions.

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

1993.

Sec. 617.002. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

PROHIBITED. (a) An official of the state or of a political

subdivision of the state may not enter into a collective

bargaining contract with a labor organization regarding wages,

hours, or conditions of employment of public employees.

(b) A contract entered into in violation of Subsection (a) is

void.

(c) An official of the state or of a political subdivision of

the state may not recognize a labor organization as the

bargaining agent for a group of public employees.

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

1993.

Sec. 617.003. PROHIBITION ON STRIKES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. (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.

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

1993.

Sec. 617.004. RIGHT TO WORK. An individual may not be denied

public employment because of the individual's membership or

nonmembership in a labor organization.

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

1993.

Sec. 617.005. EFFECT OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not impair

the right of public employees to present grievances concerning

their wages, hours of employment, or conditions of work either

individually or through a representative that does not claim the

right to strike.

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

1993.