PEF in the News
Nurse says he was nearly killed by patient on Staten Island: ‘I don’t remember the day that changed my life’ Staten Island Live interviewed PEF nurse administrator Peter Shiffman,...
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Do you want to be a union leader? Executive Board special election coming in July
June 19, 2025 — The PEF Executive Board meets quarterly and is the highest-ranking deliberative body of the union other than the annual Convention. A full Executive Board ensures that...
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47th Annual Convention Delegate Information
A projected 762 delegates are certified for the 47th annual PEF Convention from October 19 to 22, 2025, in Lake Placid, a marked increase in participation in the highest...
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Retirees in Action: Unions took the fight against the ‘Big Ugly Betrayal Bill’ to elected representatives
July 18, 2025 — Despite our legislative advocacy efforts, we didn’t have the votes to defeat President Donald Trump’s massive spending bill, which he dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill”,...
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Your Union: Discovering, Advocating and Educating
The first day of summer is only a few weeks away and with the warm weather, we hope you’ll take advantage of all the outdoors has to offer – and...
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From field to lab: PEF members play an integral part in studying unique mastodon fossil
June 5, 2025 — For a couple in Orange County, a trip to the back reaches of their property in October 2024 turned into a significant paleontological and archaeological...
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Reflections from Israel: A Union Journey of Solidarity, Struggle, and Hope
June 5, 2025 — In early May, Region 11 Coordinator Bernadette O’Connor and I had the honor of traveling to Israel and Jerusalem to engage in a powerful exchange on...
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Changes to Flex Spending Account for members may cause disruption in service
June 5, 2025 — The company that administers the Flex Spending Account (FSA) for PEF members, Total Administrative Services Corporation (TASC), is sending new FSA debit cards to participating members....
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Taft-Hartley Act marked first major union-busting legislation at the federal level
June 5, 2025 — While the United States has some of the most progressive labor laws in the world, there have been numerous attempts by the federal government to weaken...
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