The New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) brought forth a lawsuit earlier this year against the state Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association and public employees.

What You Need To Know

• The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision brought forth a lawsuit earlier this year against the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association and public employees
• Taylor 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
• The main lawsuit over the strike is still active in Erie County State Supreme Court

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.

“While the strike is understood to be the key economic weapon for private sector workers, the people who wrote the Taylor Law felt like strikes were not appropriate in the public sector. So public sector employees in New York...

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