Twenty-seven defendants remain involved in the lawsuit brought against state Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association and public employees by the New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) stemming from illegal strikes across New York state earlier this year.
Settlement offers have been made during the CBA grievance process, and if those are accepted, New York state will drop them from the Taylor Law case. There are seven outstanding offers, which, if accepted, would drop the number of remaining individual defendants to 20.
There will be additional briefing on whether or not the order to stop striking was properly served (it was sent out via a union email blast, but some of the defendants may not have had an email on file with NYSCOPBA) with another hearing set for Nov. 14.
According to the state Office of Employee Relations, the Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act, or Taylor Law, went into effect on Sept. 1, 1967.
It was the first comprehensive labor relations law for public employees in the state.
The law grants public employees the right to organize and be represented by employee organizations of their choice, defines and prohibits improper practices by public employers, and among other things, it prohibits strikes by public employees.
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