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We at the National Right to Work Committee are fighting at many levels to protect America's working men and women's right to decide for themselves whether or not a union deserves their financial support.
Whether it be in the state and federal legislatures, the courts, or hearing rooms at the FEC or the NLRB, we fight to ensure that workers join unions because they want to – not out of fear or federal mandate.
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Texas News & Legislation
Right to Work State
Texas is a Right to Work State. Employees who work in Texas, except on federal property or for a railway or airline, have a right to resign from union membership and not pay union dues or fees. If you are an employee in Texas and have legal questions regarding your union membership, click here to learn about your rights.
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Texas Right to Work News
» Families Flee Compulsory-Unionism States
May 26, 2008 - 'Right to Work States Are Simply Better For Raising Children' (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» Committee PAC Aids Pro-Right to Work Candidates
April 7, 2008 - Union Bosses Have Already Begun Their Federal Electoral Assault (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» Right to Work States Excel in Manufacturing
August 20, 2007 - Since 2000, Output Growth More Than Triple Forced-Dues States' (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» 'I Work to Get Paid; I Don't Pay to Work'
March 26, 2007 - Big Labor Skirts Texas Right to Work Law, Gets Juan Vielma Fired (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» U. S. Representative Henry Bonilla Cosponsors Forced-Dues Repeal Bill
October 27, 2005 - Standing up for workers' freedom of choice, on October 20, 2005 Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla (R- Dist. 23) signed on as a cosponsor to forced dues repeal legislation in the U. S. House of Representatives known as the National Right to Work Act.
Texas Congressional Representatives
Contact your Texas Congressmen to voice your support for Right to Work! We need help from grassroots supporters like you to protect workers' rights and to stop Big Labor's rampant abuses. If you don't know your Texas Congressional District, enter your ZIP Code and your ZIP+4 extension below to look it up:
Texas Legislative Alerts
The table below lists the bills the Committee is currently monitoring in the Texas legislatures. The Committee supports the passage of the bills highlighted in yellow. You can obtain up-to-the-minute information and learn about any bill directly from the Texas legislature by clicking on the "Text / Status" link.
| Bill | Position | Description | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX | HB | 2099 | Oppose | Meet & Confer (First Step Toward Public Sector Monopoly Bargaining) | TX Legislature |
Texas Right to Work Law
Texas first enacted Right to Work protections in 1947, but the current language of Texas’ Right to Work law was enacted in 1993.
The Texas Labor Code concerning labor organizations is contained in Title III, Chapter 101, and has seven subchapters. V.T.C.A., LABOR CODE § 101.001 et. seq.
Subpart B reads:
§ 101.051. Definition
In this subchapter, "labor union" means an incorporated or unincorporated association, group, union, lodge, local, branch, or subordinate organization of a union of working persons organized and existing to protect those persons and to improve their working conditions, wages, or employment relationships, but does not include an organization not commonly regarded as a labor union.
§ 101.052. Denial of Employment Based On Labor Union Membership Prohibited
A person may not be denied employment based on membership or nonmembership in a labor union.
§ 101.053. Contract Requiring or Prohibiting Union Membership Void
A contract is void if it requires that, to work for an employer, employees or applicants for employment
(1) must be or may not be members of a labor union, or
(2) must remain or may not remain members of a labor union.
Subchapter C contains the following pertinent section.
§ 101.102. Legislative Findings; Policy
NOTE: State laws are in a constant state of flux. Before relying on the text of any state Right to Work statute, you should check the most recent edition of your state laws.