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Tex. Lab. Code § 101.001 (2026)

Right To Organize

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Sec. 101.001. RIGHT TO ORGANIZE. All persons engaged in any kind of labor may associate and form trade unions and other organizations to protect themselves in their personal labor in their respective employment.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · leading case: the City of Round Rock, Texas & Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge v. Jaime Rodriguez & Round Rock Fire Fighters Ass'n, 399 S.W.3d 130 (Tex. 2013).
the City of Round Rock, Texas & Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge v. Jaime Rodriguez & Round Rock Fire Fighters Ass'n, 399 S.W.3d 130 (Tex. 2013). · cites it 11× “” TEX. LAB. CODE § 101.001; see also Waffle House, Inc.”
City of Round Rock v. Rodriguez, 317 S.W.3d 871 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 24× “Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 101.001. Section 101.”
Dorris v. City of McKinney, 214 F. Supp. 3d 552 (E.D. Tex. 2016). · cites it 2× “§ 1983 ; and, (3) deprivation of his freedom of association under Texas Labor Code §§ 101.001, 101.052 and Texas Government Code § 617.”
Gonzales v. Levy Strauss & Co., 70 S.W.3d 278 (Tex. App. 2002). “Tex. Lab.Code Ann. §§ 101.001, 101.002, 101.”
Liberty Cnty. Officers Ass'n v. Stewart, 903 F. Supp. 1046 (E.D. Tex. 1995). “section 185 and the Tex.Labor Code section 101.001 et seq. However, the court finds that defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment with respect to plaintiffs’ breach of employment contract claim is granted.”
Oney v. Kansas City S. Ry. Co., 3 F. Supp. 2d 729 (E.D. Tex. 1997). “into the organized labor provisions of the Texas Labor Code, §§ 101.001 et seq. thereby creating a new protected class 4 ; and 3) create a new right of action for an employee to sue management over promotional practices thus, interfering with existing collective bargaining *735…”
the City of Round Rock, Texas, & Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge v. Jaime Rodriguez & Round Rock Fire Fighters Ass'n (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 9× “Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 101.001 . Section 101.”
the City of Round Rock, Texas, & Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge v. Jaime Rodriguez & Round Rock Fire Fighters Ass'n (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 8× “Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 101.001 (West 2006) (“section 101.”
Wright v. Un Pac Rr (5th Cir. 2021). · cites it 2× “§ 152 , and the Texas Labor Code (“TLC”), Tex. Lab. Code §§ 101.001 and 101.301, by retaliating against her because of her requests for union representation.”
the City of Round Rock, Texas, & Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge v. Jaime Rodriguez & Round Rock Fire Fighters Ass'n (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “§ 157 (1998); Tex. Labor Code Ann. § 101.001 (West 2006).”
ID/Guerra LP v. Texas Workforce Comm'n (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “§ 157 (1998); Tex. Labor Code Ann. § 101.001 (West 2006).”
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