NYC files suit against correction officers’ union

By Washington Examiner

Published November 26, 2013 5:00am ET

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NYC files suit against correction officers’ union — In this March 16, 2011, file photo, a security fence surrounds the inmate housing on New York's Rikers Island correctional facility in New York. New York City has sued the correction officers' union for what it says was an illegal strike at Rikers Island last week. | (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

NEW YORK — New York City has sued the correction officers’ union for what it says was an illegal strike at Rikers Island last week.

It accuses the union of grounding dozens of buses last Wednesday that take inmates to court.

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