This is an update to the July/August Communicator before the summer gives way to fall and our September issue is published after Labor Day. PEF will have a presence across New York at various Labor Day parades and I hope as many of you as possible can participate! We’re bringing back a PEF float for the New...
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July 28, 2023 — A quiet cemetery in western New York is a little less disheveled after some hard work by volunteers from Dogwood Day Services staff and clients. Jackie Aftuck, a PEF member for 14 years, works at the Dogwood Day Services as a habilitation specialist, supervising a room of developmentally disabled individuals. She...
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July 28. 2023 — PEF is always working to build leadership within the union, and a new program aims to do just that while also nurturing a multigenerational team to help the union achieve its goals in the years ahead. The mission of the PEF Emerging Leaders Institute is to not only help build upon...
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July 28, 2023 — On July 10, PEF President Wayne Spence, PEF Staff and PEF Retirees gathered with Molly Sheedy to honor her late husband, James (Jim) Sheedy at PEF headquarters in Latham, N.Y. Sheedy was one of the founding members of PEF. He passed away in August 2021. Molly Sheedy reached out to...
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The following proposed amendment to Article IX, B, 1 of the PEF Constitution will be presented for ratification to delegates at the 2023 Convention. The amendment was approved by the PEF Executive Board at its June 7-9, 2023, meeting for presentation to the delegates. The amendment would change the required signatures on a petition from...
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July 28, 2023 — The Rochester Pride Parade may not have happened during Pride Month in June, but that didn’t stop PEF and hundreds of others from taking to the streets on July 15. Members from PEF Region 3 walked alongside union allies as part of Pride at Work. Pride at Work focuses and...
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July 28, 2023 — A house fire in Voorheesville, Albany County, on July 8, 2023, took the life of Division 232 member Rebecca Jean “Becky” Monterosso, a vulnerable persons protection specialist in the Call Center at the New York State Justice Center in Delmar. Monterosso, 40, Arthur Neander, 35, Emily Neander, 5, and Dale...
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July 28, 2023 — Former New York State Parole Officer and PEF Retiree Anthony Johnson has authored a new book based on the life of Wendell Sawyer, the lead singer of the R&B and Soul music group Blue Magic. The book is titled “My Life Was a Sideshow: The Biography of Wendell Sawyer, Original Member...
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July 28, 2023 — States of emergency were declared across parts of the state on July 9 due to flooding from storms and heavy rain. Orange County in PEF Region 9 was one of the areas hit hardest, receiving up to eight inches of rainfall, and one PEF family was particularly hard hit. Alan Oligario...
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