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Texas has extensive labor relations laws. These provide for protections similar to the National Labor Relations Act and Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.
Texas requires, among other things, that:
Right to work
Texas does have a right to work law. A person may not be denied employment based on membership or nonmembership in a labor union. The right of a person to work may not be denied or abridged because of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or other labor organization. And it is prohibited for labor unions to collect fees as a work permit or condition to work from a person who is not a member of the union.
Contracts requiring or prohibiting labor union membership are void.
Contact
National Labor Relations Board (Region 16)
Regulations
Texas Labor Code, Title 3, Chapter 101, Subchapter A, §101.001 et seq.