• Retirees in Action: Get ready to support budget campaigns

    Retirees in Action: Get ready to support budget campaigns

    Happy 2024 to all,  It’s the time of year when New York State prepares for the yearly budget. As our union’s Legislative Office and the Statewide Political Action Committee (SWPAC)...

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  • PEF had something to celebrate every month of 2023!

    PEF had something to celebrate every month of 2023!

    December 21, 2023 — Pulled from our Communicator stories throughout the year, here’s a roundup of union achievements from the past year. One thing they all have in common? They...

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  • PEF secures overtime backpay for thousands earned during COVID 

    PEF secures overtime backpay for thousands earned during COVID 

    December 21, 2023 — Thanks to PEF’s persistence, the State will begin paying more than 1,700 current and former members of the Professional, Scientific and Technical bargaining unit for overtime...

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  • PEF takes action after series of workplace violence incidents 

    PEF takes action after series of workplace violence incidents 

    December 21, 2023 — PEF responded quickly in late October to an exploding situation at the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Industry Residential Center outside Rochester, following several...

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  • 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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