El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies' Ass'n v. Samaniego

OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a permanent injunction. We affirm.

Appellants allege that the sheriff of El Paso County refused to enter into collective bargaining as mandated by Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art. 5154c-l (Vernon 1987). Appellants contend that jailers are classified as “police” within the meaning of the act, and that the sheriff refused to negotiate their rights through the jailers’ representative, the Appellant Sheriff’s Deputies’ Association.

Appellants’ sole point of error contends the trial court erred in failing to order the sheriff to negotiate.

A…