May 12, 2023 — PEF Region 7 Coordinator Barbara Stransky was born and raised in DeKalb Junction. She knows the people and the values of the North Country and believes that Region 7 has some of the kindest members. So, when Random Acts of Kindness Day came up on her calendar on February 17, 2023,...
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May 11, 2023 — In the minutes, hours, days, and weeks following the mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, American Red Cross volunteers provided mental health, spiritual, and material support to the victims’ families, Tops staff, and the greater community. Within an hour of the shootings on May 14, 2022, that claimed...
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May 9, 2023 — Two Executive Board seats were filled in the April 2023 Special Election. Balloting is required for an additional contested seat, and a new election for the remaining seats will be run in July 2023, with a schedule underway. Barbara Coniglio was elected to Seat 101, representing members at SUNY Stony Brook. ...
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May 8, 2023 — PEF President Wayne Spence and more than a dozen PEF parole officers gathered outside the city court in Cohoes, N.Y., on May 4, 2023. Spence delivered remarks regarding the case of parolee Taquan Hassell, who was charged with Unlawful Imprisonment and Assault in the third degree of a parole officer. The...
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May 3, 2023 — PEF’s lobbying efforts this session paid off, with many of the union’s Fund Our Future initiatives and budget asks reflected in the final budget bills. Among the victories are Civil Service reforms that are a step in the right direction toward recruiting new talent to the state workforce and hopefully...
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You’ve heard me talk a lot about “Fund Our Future.” But I probably don’t talk often enough about the second part of our multi-year campaign tag line. It’s “Fund Our Future for a Thriving New York.” Two recent events drove that word “thriving” home for me. First, the PEF Wellness Fair & AFT Book Giveaway held...
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May 3, 2023 — Hundreds of PEF members and members of the community came out to the first annual PEF Wellness Fair and AFT Book Giveaway on April 29, 2023, at the Albany Armory. The fair was put together in collaboration with AFT, who secured 20,000 books for readers of all ages to give away,...
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May 3, 2023 — With a majority of PEF and the state’s proposals now on the table, contract negotiations on a successor PS&T agreement are moving forward and PEF is urging the state to pick up the pace even more. “Our team is ready and willing to pick up the pace of negotiations and we...
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May 3, 2023 — During a telephone town hall on April 27, 2023, PEF President Wayne Spence and Vice President Randi DiAntonio delivered updates on PEF’s strategy to obtain pay equity and improve the working conditions of PEF social workers. The member-driven advocacy stems from conversations that PEF leaders had last year with social...
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