• PEF to State Senate: Fix Tier 6 and increase compensation to attract and retain State workers

    PEF to State Senate: Fix Tier 6 and increase compensation to attract and retain State workers

    October 12, 2023 — Vice President Randi DiAntonio testified before the Senate’s Civil Service and Pension Committee on October 11, urging the state to reform pension plans; fix compensation and...

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  • Executive Board tackles toxic work environments, hears from key state leaders 

    Executive Board tackles toxic work environments, hears from key state leaders 

      September 27, 2023 — Toxic workplaces and bullying by New York State agency managers took center stage at the quarterly PEF Executive Board meeting, held September 21 and 22...

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  • Letters to the Editor – October 2023

    Letters to the Editor – October 2023

    Emerging leaders’ initiative long overdue  To the Editor:  It seems that it took a while – over a decade, at least – but the idea for an “Emerging Leaders Institute”...

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  • PEF in the News 

    PEF in the News 

    September 27, 2023 Jose Medina, a retired PEF member who worked as a wage investigator with the Department of Labor, and Scarlett Ahmed, a council leader and member of the...

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  • National Roundabouts Week promotes safe roads for New Yorkers 

    National Roundabouts Week promotes safe roads for New Yorkers 

    September 27, 2023 — National Roundabouts Week is celebrated across the United States every September. This year, Roundabouts Week was Sept. 18-23, and New York’s Department of Transportation (NYS DOT)...

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  • PEF members, leaders call for respect at rally against toxic work environments

    PEF members, leaders call for respect at rally against toxic work environments

      September 22, 2023 — During lunch on September 21, the PEF Executive Board, joined by rank-and-file members, marched from the Albany Hilton to Empire State Plaza, loudly and proudly...

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  • State employees allowed up to 4 hours uncharged leave for COVID vaccine, boosters

    State employees allowed up to 4 hours uncharged leave for COVID vaccine, boosters

    September 27, 2023 — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have both approved and authorized updated COVID-19 booster vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer...

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  • 2023 Audited Financial Statements

    2023 Audited Financial Statements

    Click here for the 2023 Audited Financial Statements

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  • PEF remembers fallen brothers and sisters on 9/11 

    PEF remembers fallen brothers and sisters on 9/11 

      September 27, 2023 — New Yorkers got up the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and went about their usual routine. Some went to work at the World Trade Center,...

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