What members of National Guard are experiencing at prisons where they’re deployed
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York State is ending health insurance coverage for thousands of corrections officers who walked off the job and onto the picket line two weeks ago. State officials have also fired a handful of corrections officers who have gone 10 straight workdays without showing up for their scheduled shifts and say they will continue those firings as employees reach their 11th day with an unexcused absence.
The union that represents prison staff did not authorize the strike but has been meeting with DOCCS leadership and reached a tentative agreement on working conditions last week. Many of the correction officers on the picket line say the agreement doesn’t go far enough…