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.
Corrections officers statewide hold the line, calling for stronger safety measures and an end to HALT
New York has declared a “prison-wide state of emergency,” lifting HALT Act restrictions and offering COs who continue to report for work 2.5 times overtime pay to stabilize facilities
With corrections officers protesting at 30+ prisons, Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard and threatened legal action to end the wildcat strike
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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- N.Y. prison violence reaches all-time high with record number of assaults on staff
- Calif. COs to get raises, $10K retention bonuses for work at ‘hard-to-keep/hard-to-fill’ prisons
- Union urges Bureau of Prisons to keep retention pay at Thomson
- N.Y. plans to close 5 state correctional facilities
- Union concerned about mounting violence at W.Va. federal prison