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The strike is over. After three weeks of a statewide illegal wildcat strike, corrections officers at state prisons — ...

A day after declaring the three-week-old statewide correction officer’s strike over, the state barred any officer continuing to strike from any further state service. “My top priority is the safety ...

After 23 days on the line and four attempts at a deal between DOCCS, NYSCOPBA, and officers, the state declared an end to the strike. They say they've begun the process of terminating 2,000 correction ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said the agreement to end the wildcat strike would be honored despite the 85% return-to-work threshold not being met on Monday.

State Correction Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said the officers fired were those who remained on strike Monday morning.

Approximately 10,000 security personnel from the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision are currently working at ...

Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions ...

According to the Governor’s office, the strike ended after four attempts to reach an agreement between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, ...

The grounds outside Clinton Correctional Facility looked much different Monday than they have the past three weeks. Instead of hundreds of correction officers huddling around fires, holding makeshift ...

After 22 days, multiple negotiations, and over 2,000 terminations, the New York corrections officer wildcat strike has ...

NYS DOCCS said the corrections officers' strike is now over, and more than 2,000 officers who did not return to work have been terminated.