(a) A public employer and an association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent under § 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.

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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 142.154

  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(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.