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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 617 - Collective Bargaining and Strikes
Section 617.002. Collective Bargaining by Public Employees Prohibited
Section 617.0025. Applicability of Chapter to Open-Enrollment Charter School
Section 617.003. Prohibition on Strikes by Public Employees