Happy Fall to my PEF family! This update of the September Communicator has a couple stories I want to point out off the top. First, have you heard of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program? If not, and if you have student loans, please check out this story about an important deadline at the end...
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Updated October 7, 2022 — If you have federal student loan debt, look into your eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program today – a limited waiver implemented last fall allows many borrowers to count previously ineligible payments toward forgiveness. Through October 31, 2022, you can get credit for past payments even...
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Employees with carried-over vacation accruals must use those accruals by December 31, 2022, or they will be forfeited. Employees may have banks of both carried-over vacation accruals and regular non-carried-over accruals. This is because PEF and the State previously reached agreements during the COVID-19 pandemic allowing eligible employees to carry over unused vacation accruals over the contractual cap that would...
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September 22 — It took eight days of suppression efforts for responders to knock down and contain the Napanoch Point wildland fire in Minnewaska State Park, a testament to the dedication of state and local partners who took swift action to combat the blaze. What started as a suspected lightning strike on August 27...
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Questions and Responses Regarding October 2022 Nurse Restructuring https://communicator.pef.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/NurseTitleRestructuring.pdf
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September 15, 2022 — The PEF Executive Board met September 8 and 9 in Albany, observing a moment of silence for those lost on September 11, 2001; deciding on a Convention location for 2023 and 2024; discussing membership, financial and organizing updates; and approving political endorsements for the November general election. Silence for the fallen ...
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It was a warm day and evening as hundreds of PEF and other union members marched through the streets of downtown Albany on September 9 in the city’s annual Labor Parade. Colorful shirts, hats, pennants and whistles were worn and carried by marchers, along with signs. Some of the signs carried by PEF members said:...
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September 15, 2022 — Did you visit the PEF booth at the New York State Fair? You weren’t alone. More than 1,100 active members and retirees stopped by the booth from Aug. 24-Sept. 25 and signed about 5,000 petitions supporting the union’s Fund Our Future campaign. The PEF Organizing Department was the driving force...
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September 15, 2022 — PEF testified September 13 in Albany when the Assembly Committee on People with Disabilities held a public hearing on a draft strategic 5-year plan developed by the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. PEF Vice President Randi DiAntonio, who was limited to just 3 minutes of verbal testimony along with...
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