Court orders corrections employees to halt unsanctioned walkout

On Wednesday afternoon a judge in Erie County issued an immediate temporary restraining order against the corrections employees holding an ongoing rogue walkout outside of over half of New York State’s prisons.

The restraining order prevents the workers from holding a “work stoppage” or slowdown, picketing, congregating, or walking back and forth within 100 feet of correctional facilities. The judge cited the Taylor Law, which prevents public employees from striking, in the ruling…

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