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.
Gov. Hochul plans to send New York National Guard to state prisons after corrections officers hit the picket line
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she is preparing to deploy the New York National Guard following a work stoppage by corrections officers at multiple state prisons across the state, including in Western New York. Hochul says the troops will be mobilized if the corrections officer do not end the work stoppage.
New York governor threatens to send National Guard in response to prison guard strike
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is threatening to deploy National Guard troops to restore order as a strike among prison guards across the state entered its second day.
Gov. Hochul to send National Guard into NY prisons if correx officers don’t end illegal strikes
The service members will flood an unspecified number of correctional facilities on Wednesday if the protests don’t end, Hochul said.
Hochul says she will call in National Guard to secure prisons if strike persists
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday ordered the New York National Guard to be prepared to secure state prisons if correction officers do not end their "illegal and unlawful" strike at 25 jailhouses, including multiple lockups in Western New York.
Central NY corrections officers join growing statewide prison strike
Discontent has been growing among corrections officers as they say they are forced to work extensive amounts of overtime due to a staffing shortage. Union leaders earlier this month issued a vote of “no confidence” in Daniel Martuscello III, the state corrections commissioner.
Correction officer strikes expanding to multiple New York prisons
Correction officers are striking at prisons in Erie and Chemung counties as they have raised concerns about unsafe working conditions
Corrections officers hold strikes at Buffalo-area and Elmira-area prisons
NEW YORK STATE — Corrections officers are holding unsanctioned strikes at two New York State prisons over working conditions. The strikes at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County and Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County began on Monday. It comes days after people incarcerated at Collins Correctional took over multiple dorms.
NY Gov. Hochul orders National Guard to staff correction facilities amid unsanctioned strikes, staff shortages
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday preparations to use the New York National Guard to protect correction officers who are currently on the job, inmates, and the communities surrounding the correctional facilities.
NYS preparing to deploy NY National Guard to prisons where corrections officers are on strike
The state said it is preparing to deploy the New York National Guard to DOCCS facilities where officers are on strike.
Kathy Hochul mobilizes National Guard to combat ‘illegal’ corrections strike engulfing New York
New York correctional workers are striking across the state in protest of their working conditions, but Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) says the protests amount to “illegal and unlawful actions.” Hochul argues that the strike is jeopardizing the safety of other correctional workers,
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‘It's terrifying’: Resigned corrections officers describe working conditions
More corrections officers at Wende and Attica Correctional facilities in Alden and Wyoming County walked off the job Tuesday ...
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Western New York prison strike continues into second day, more prisons involved
"They cannot work in those conditions. It's unacceptable," said Jenna Cowtun, a former Attica officer. "Albany knows that." ...
Correctional facility workers on the picket line in NYS
Employees at both the Collins and Elmira Correctional Facility's went on strike Monday due to discontentment with current ...