Unions
The Unions section focuses on the role of labor unions in advocating for correctional staff rights, working conditions, and benefits. This directory provides articles and resources on union activities, negotiations, and the impact of unions on correctional facility operations. Understanding unions’ influence is crucial for staff and administrators in navigating workplace issues and improving labor relations. For more on workforce management, explore our section on Corrections1 Career Resources.
The union says DOCCS is ignoring safety concerns and the impact of firing 2,000 corrections officers after the strike
Union leaders cite training costs and security issues as a reason to reopen the Danville Correctional Center firing range, while businesses warn of stray bullets and noise
New York will keep key provisions of its agreement to end the strike, including HALT Act adjustments and mail screening, despite falling short of the 85% return-to-work threshold
The move has left the Missouri Correctional Officers Association with a funding shortfall as it continues to negotiate a contract for 5,000-plus guards and sergeants
The contract, which includes eight of the city’s uniformed unions, guarantees members a roughly 8% pay increase across the life of the deal
“The dangerously low staffing levels at all of our correctional facilities mean that incidents like this one will continue to escalate in severity,” the union leader said
There are nearly 40 CO vacancies and the medical department is staffed at about 69 percent at the prison
A previous request for 150 new officers had an estimated cost of over $10 million
A state board will be called in to settle the conflict
Prosecutors say Norman Seabrook accepted a kickback of $60,000 in exchange for having the NYC Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association invest in a hedge fund
The union said state prisons are understaffed while also dealing with violent inmates who are being reclassified and placed in lower security prisons
The new contract allows the county to add more part-time corrections officers
It’s time to recognize that protections for correctional officers make prisons safer for everyone
Accused of using $3,000 of union money to pay for boxing matches, gentlemen’s clubs and restaurants
Regional president: “We are not interfering with any investigations; we just want our employees to know what their rights are”
Labor won a rare Texas victory Saturday, with the House Republican carrying an anti-union bill declaring it dead
Unions represent teachers, corrections officers and some other public employees
Union workers at the Johnson County Jail say that decisions made by administrators are putting them in danger
Prisons chief Donald Stolworthy wrote the contracts contribute to “many of the ills within the system”
Mel Grieshaber says morale is at its lowest that he’s ever seen
Rep met with CO to discuss grievance and used ‘n-word’ 15 times
Authorities say Derrick Smart took more than $500 from the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 97 between 2008 and 2012
Michael Powers, a veteran correctional officer and active member of the association, replaces Donn Rowe as head of the union
Officials say time and a half for call outs, unions say failure to adequately staff facility
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