State officials said they had done what they legally could by issuing a tentative prison strike deal before resorting to terminations and civil contempt charges.

Correction Officers who are still striking at state prisons started getting fired Sunday, two weeks after walking off the job in an “illegal strike.”CBS6 obtain

Terminations have begun for New York State corrections officers who remain on strike. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision sent termination letters to those still on the picket lines,

The officers union did not authorize the strike, and it was unclear how it would enforce the agreement. The stoppages have affected all but one of the state’s 42 prisons.

The New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision has begun to terminate health insurance for corrections officers who remain on strike.The

Gov. Hochul said the fired strikers also are losing their healthcare coverage, and many will lose their state pensions.

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"Monday, March 3, anyone who remains on strike will have theirs and their dependent's healthcare removed retroactive to the first day they were AWOL, and you will not be eligible

Correction officers remained on strike at 32 state prisons Monday, despite an agreement brokered last week between the state and the union representing New York correction officers by an independent mediator,