Hochul fires 2,000 striking prison guards and bans them from future state jobs

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced roughly 2,000 prison guards who continued to strike illegally on Monday would be fired and banned from future state jobs.

The State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association reached an agreement to end the 22-day wildcat strike of correctional officers over the weekend. The agreement which included provisions on overtime and other improvements to working conditions, would mostly be honored despite the 85% return-to-work threshold not being met on Monday, state officials said.