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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April 28, 2023 — PEF staff and union members gathered at PEF headquarters on Workers Memorial Day to remember workers who were killed or injured on the job, and to recommit to the fight for safe workplaces. “Employers always say these are tragic, but unavoidable accidents,” PEF President Wayne Spence said outdoors at the union’s memorial to...
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May 3, 2023 — The Office of Employee Relations (OER), in accordance with Article 15 in the PEF Collective Bargaining Agreement, is offering a Leadership Development Program (LDP) for employees in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (PS&T) Unit at Grade 23 and above. The program provides employees with the skills to lead in...
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May 3, 2023 — PEF’s Civil Service Enforcement/Research Department is on a mission to identify and address barriers to the promotion of minority members across the state workforce. To do that, PEF needs access to hard facts. A recent court victory brings the union closer to that goal. In February 2022, PEF submitted a Freedom...
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May 3, 2023 — Region 11’s annual Spring Fling on April 13 was a little more special this year thanks to an appearance by New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Adams showed up at the request of PEF President Wayne Spence to honor Charles Roland, who retired from state service in 2021 but remains extremely...
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May 3, 2023 — PEF Region 1 is offering four (4) $500 scholarships for dependents of active PEF members in Region 1 who will be attending college in the fall of 2023. The scholarship is named after Judith Scanlon, a PEF member and nurse from the Buffalo area who was killed by a patient while...
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May 5, 2023 — The history of nursing is often traced back to Florence Nightingale. She is credited with starting the world’s first nursing school in 1860 in London, and the techniques she originated there would go on to influence several generations of nurses. However, before Nightingale got all the headlines, here in New...
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May 3, 2023 — Happy spring to all my readers! I hope this season finds you healthy, happy, and energized! This month’s article focuses on the constant messaging from the far right that Social Security is going broke. Below, I have provided you information from the Alliance for Retired Americans with some information about how...
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