7 h. ago 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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3 d. ago Hochul endangering National Guard with 'indefinite' prison duty amid corrections strike: State lawmaker

Untrained New York National Guardsmen are in harm's way after Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed them to prison duty after a correction officers "wildcat strike," a state Republican lawmaker told Fox.

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5 d. ago Seven Prisoners Die as New York Guard Strikes Cause Widespread Disarray

Thousands of corrections officers at dozens of prisons have been protesting working conditions in wildcat strikes across the state.

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5 d. ago New York prison guards fired for ignoring deal to end strike, thousands set to lose health insurance

New York officials have started to fire state prison guards who failed to comply with a deal to end their illegal labor strike, which is now in its third week.

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5 d. ago Strikes in New York’s Prisons Were Declared Over, but Disarray Remains

Seven prisoners died as thousands of corrections officers at dozens of facilities protested working conditions in wildcat strikes across the state.

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1 week ago New York inmate dies in prison as guards continue strike deemed illegal under state law

An inmate died in a New York prison as guards at prisons across the state continue their strike, which union officials acknowledge violates a state law.

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