2,000 Striking N.Y. Prison Officers Fired and Barred From Public Jobs

Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts after a three-week work stoppage.

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New Deal Reached to End Wildcat Strikes by N.Y. Prison Guards

The state and the correctional officers’ union agreed that officers should return to work Monday and that some limits on solitary confinement would be put on pause.

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Deal Struck to End N.Y. Corrections Officers’ Strike, Governor Says

The officers union did not authorize the strike, and it was unclear how it would enforce the agreement. The stoppages have affected all but one of the state’s 42 prisons.

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N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread

Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have walked off the job at 41 of the state’s 42 prisons.

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Hochul May Deploy National Guard as Wildcat Strikes Hit 25 N.Y. Prisons

Corrections officers, without their union’s approval, refused to show up for work to protest what they say are hazardous conditions and severe staff shortages.

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