May 3, 2023 — Empire BlueCross Blue Shield and Ellis Medicine have reached an agreement ahead of the May 1, 2023 deadline, and Ellis facilities and services will remain in network for PEF members in the Empire Plan. Those facilities include: Ellis Hospital in Schenectady Ellis Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility Unit Bellevue Woman’s Center in...
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April 18, 2023 — Division 243 is soliciting applications for its 2023 Public Service Scholarship, awarded for dedication to public service, education, worker’s rights, justice and equality, and progressive causes. The selected applicant will receive $500. The recipient must be a child, stepchild, or grandchild of an active member of PEF Division 243; must be...
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April 18, 2023 — Rutgers University faculty halt historic strike, vote to accept framework for contract Three unions representing an estimated 9,000 faculty members at Rutgers University went on strike April 10 for the first time in the school’s 257-year history, bringing classes and research at New Jersey’s flagship public university to a halt. They...
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April 18, 2023 — Petitioning for the April Special Election is under way – now’s your chance to take part in the business of the union and help shape PEF’s future by seeking election to the Executive Board. There are 11 Executive Board seats up for election: Seat 1, Agriculture & Markets Seat 15,...
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April 3, 2023 – The Executive Board approved the 2023-24 budget, voted to send the Albany County Probation tentative agreement to the agency’s membership for ratification, and discussed legislative and contract updates at its March 23 and 24 meeting in Syracuse. Budget highlights Secretary-Treasurer Joe Donahue presented a $41.4 million proposed budget, with a...
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April 3, 2023 – Four-feet wide and 42 feet long, the petition PEF rolled down the steps of the Legislative Office Building March 29 was a striking visual with a powerful message: 10,000 New Yorkers agree, it’s time for the state to invest heavily in the state workforce and in public services. “A...
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April 3, 2023 — The state finally passed most of their full-language proposals across the bargaining table at negotiations March 21 and 22, allowing the two sides to move into a more productive and intense phase of negotiations. “With both sides having proposals on the table, we are hopeful that we can now move...
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April 3, 2023 — If you are on the administrative payroll, your April 2023 performance advance (increments) base salary change is effective March 30 and will be reflected in your April 26 paycheck; if you are on the institution payroll, your performance advance is effective April 6 and will be reflected in your May 4...
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April 3, 2023 — More than 30 nurses attended the PEF Statewide Nurses Committee (SWNC) Conference March 25 in Syracuse, covering everything from legislative and budget bill updates, to health and safety and workplace violence, to the work the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is doing with its “Code Red” staffing crisis initiative. ...
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