(a) A firefighter employed by a municipality may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or the municipality.
(b) A firefighter who participates in a strike forfeits any civil service rights, reemployment rights, and other rights, benefits, or privileges the firefighter may have as a result of the person‘s employment or prior employment with the municipality.

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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 142.107

  • 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) This section does not affect the right of a person to cease work if the person is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.