Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions from being hired for state jobs.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is taking action against correction officers who refused to return to work on Monday by signing an Executive Order barring protesters from being hired by state agencies. Rea

The strike that paralyzed New York prisons for three weeks ended with most workers returning to their jobs and the state firing 2,000 who stayed out.

New York says its prison guard strike is over, though that meant firing thousands of workers who refused to cross the picket line after three weeks. More than 2,000 state prison officers who failed to return to work by a Monday deadline were fired and will be barred from future civil service jobs in the state,