Tex. Local Government Code § 142.154
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 142.154, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 142.154. STRIKES PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(a) A public employer and an association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent under Section 142.155 may meet and confer only if the association does not advocate the illegal right to strike by public employees.
(b) Emergency medical services personnel of a municipality may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or a political subdivision of this state.
(c) Emergency medical services personnel who participate in a strike forfeit all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and other rights, benefits, or privileges enjoyed as a result of employment or previous employment with the municipality.
(d) This section does not affect the right of a person to cease employment if the person is not acting in concert with other emergency medical services personnel.
(b) Emergency medical services personnel of a municipality may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or a political subdivision of this state.
(c) Emergency medical services personnel who participate in a strike forfeit all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and other rights, benefits, or privileges enjoyed as a result of employment or previous employment with the municipality.
(d) This section does not affect the right of a person to cease employment if the person is not acting in concert with other emergency medical services personnel.
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