Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star to form the Texas State Employees Union’s Military Caucus, according to the Army TimesĪ Guardsman leading organizing efforts, who requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation from Texas Military Department leadership, told the Army Times that the group will meet for the first time next week. The Justice Department declared that National Guard troops can form and join unions while serving on state active duty orders, and that has prompted National Guard members assigned to the U.S.-Mexico border for Gov. EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) - Members of Texas’ National Guard have begun organizing under an existing public-sector union and are set to meet for the first time next week, according to the Army Times.
