(WENY) -- Despite the state declaring an end to a wildcat strike, some officers are remaining on the picket line for a 23rd day.

On Tuesday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul stated that the 2,000 correctional officers statewide who refused to return to work have been fired, and cannot be hired for state positions. The announcement comes after a 22-day strike, and four negotiation attempts at reaching a deal that involved DOCCS, NYSCOPBA, and the guards. On Saturday evening, they announced a Memorandum of Agreement, outlining several terms and guidelines for officers returning to work on Monday, March 10. 

As of Tuesday morning, the state said 10,000 security personnel have returned to duty in correction facilities, with more than 6,000 National Guard members still deployed to maintain security. Additionally, Gov. Hochul signed an executive order barring people who participated in the strike from being hired into any state service, citing the state's Taylor Law, which prohibits public employees from going on strike.

Hochul says that to address staffing concerns, the state is boosting recruitment efforts, increasing pay, and considering out-of-state applicants. The agreement announced Saturday involves working towards eliminating mandatory 24-hour overtime, continuing an increased rate of 2.5 times for overtime for 30 days, forming a committee to improve staffing efficiency, reinstating health insurance for COs returning to work, and forming a committee to review the HALT Act that includes representatives with NYSCOPBA and DOCCS. However, the agreement stated that 85% of prison staff needed to return to work, and that threshold was not met. The governor said Tuesday that the state will honor components of the agreement in full, despite the threshold not being met.

About little under two dozen people could be seen still picketing across from the Elmira Correctional Facility on Tuesday. WENY News spoke to a corrections officer who wanted to remain anonymous, who said he expects to receive his termination letter any day, but the officers who remain on strike say they are not giving up. 

A copy of the MOA between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA that was agreed to on Saturday is below: