New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weeks-long wildcat strike that crippled the state's correctional system, but said enough officers had come back on the job to declare the illegal work stoppage over.
"After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are happy to report it is now ended," Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said during a virtual press briefing.
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