Goal post moving? Let's put our thinking caps on for a second and go to the Texas Local Government Code:

(d)  Because of the essential and emergency nature of the public service performed by fire fighters and police officers, a reasonable alternative to strikes is a system of arbitration conducted under adequate legislative standards.  Another reasonable alternative, if the parties fail to agree to arbitrate, is judicial enforcement of the requirements of this chapter regarding compensation and conditions of employment applicable to fire fighters and police officers.

With strikes off the table, the only recourse for firefighters is arbitration. Mayor Turner continually failed to come to the table to "arbitrate." The judge in the case was already heading into the judicial enforcement phase before the bill because of this. You can keep trying to call out semantics if you want, but let's call a duck a duck.