Tex. Labor Code § 21.053
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 21.053, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 21.053. DISCRIMINATION BY LABOR ORGANIZATION.
Official statutory text
A labor organization commits an unlawful employment practice if because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age the labor organization:
(1) excludes or expels from membership or discriminates in any other manner against an individual; or
(2) limits, segregates, or classifies a member or an applicant for membership or classifies or fails or refuses to refer for employment an individual in a manner that would:
(A) deprive or tend to deprive an individual of any employment opportunity;
(B) limit an employment opportunity or adversely affect in any other manner the status of an employee or of an applicant for employment; or
(C) cause or attempt to cause an employer to violate this subchapter.
(1) excludes or expels from membership or discriminates in any other manner against an individual; or
(2) limits, segregates, or classifies a member or an applicant for membership or classifies or fails or refuses to refer for employment an individual in a manner that would:
(A) deprive or tend to deprive an individual of any employment opportunity;
(B) limit an employment opportunity or adversely affect in any other manner the status of an employee or of an applicant for employment; or
(C) cause or attempt to cause an employer to violate this subchapter.
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