• Conference brings together PEF, management to focus on health & safety

    Conference brings together PEF, management to focus on health & safety

    December 21, 2023 — When COVID shut down much of the world, it also had a devastating impact on PEF’s health and safety committees at worksites and agencies across the...

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  • PEF members, state managers take part in variety of health and safety workshops 

    PEF members, state managers take part in variety of health and safety workshops 

    December 21, 2023 — The 2023 Health & Safety Conference offered a variety of workshops for PEF members and state managers to hone their skills and learn new ones. From...

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  • Award recipients make invaluable contributions to health and safety in the workplace 

    Award recipients make invaluable contributions to health and safety in the workplace 

    December 21, 2023 — PEF members were honored for their contributions to health and safety in the workplace at the 2023 PEF/State Health & Safety Conference December 11 to 13...

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  • Workers’ Comp Board chair discusses respect, solidarity with unions 

    Workers’ Comp Board chair discusses respect, solidarity with unions 

    December 21, 2023 — On the second day of the 2023 Health and Safety Conference, keynote speaker Clarissa M. Rodriguez, Esq., shared her lifelong respect for the labor movement, the...

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  • PEF delivers a prescription for health care workforce success at legislative hearing 

    PEF delivers a prescription for health care workforce success at legislative hearing 

    December 21, 2023 — New York State’s health care sector is experiencing a staffing crisis. The Department of Health projects a shortage of 40,000 nurses by 2030. The state is...

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  • PEF members help NY State parks and historic sites celebrate 100 years  

    PEF members help NY State parks and historic sites celebrate 100 years  

    December 21, 2023 — It’s going to be a big year for the New York state parks and historic sites system in 2024.   Across New York, from Niagara Falls to...

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  • Noteworthy state parks and historic sites in each PEF region  

    Noteworthy state parks and historic sites in each PEF region  

    Region 1: Niagara Falls State Park  The mighty crash of Niagara Falls is indisputably the focal point of America’s first state park. Millions of visitors flock to the attractions,...

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  • A toast to 2023 and cheers for 2024!

    A toast to 2023 and cheers for 2024!

    Happy Holidays to the proud public employees of PEF! I cannot believe it has been a year already, but what a year it has been! This is our annual double-issue...

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  • Seeking PEF delegates for AFT & SEIU Conventions

    Seeking PEF delegates for AFT & SEIU Conventions

    December 21, 2023 — Dues-paying PEF members can petition to be a delegate at the 2024 SEIU Convention from May 19 to 22 in Philadelphia, or the AFT Convention from...

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