• Training to assist members injured on the job

    Training to assist members injured on the job

    August 17, 2022 — PEF health and safety committee chairs from across the state took part in a two-day training conference on worker’s compensation August 8 and 9 at the Desmond Hotel in Albany. The workshop included basics of worker’s compensation, online resources, the specifics of the PEF contract as it pertains to worker’s comp,...

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  • Years of advocacy for WNYCPC paying off as $55M reno begins

    Years of advocacy for WNYCPC paying off as $55M reno begins

    August 16, 2022 — Sometimes real, meaningful progress takes a long time.  You may even need to fight just for basic survival, but in the end, when all of your efforts start to bloom, you know it was worth it.  That’s the happy feeling now for members of PEF Division 167 at Western New York...

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  • Members say MBP family days were great fun 

    Members say MBP family days were great fun 

    August 12, 2022 — Summer is a time for families to get together and enjoy fun-filled adventures.  Members of PEF and PEF Retirees are no exception and they responded enthusiastically when the union’s Membership Benefits Program offered discounted tickets to three Family Day events this summer.  “We went to Six Flags Great Escape in Lake...

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  • Shop union-made for back-to-school

    Shop union-made for back-to-school

    The lists are out, and the race is on to buy school supplies for the 2022-23 school year.  Despite inflation, families of K-12 students plan to spend an average of $864 on school supplies and college students expect to shell out $1,199, according to the National Retail Federation.   By taking advantage of union-made supplies,...

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  • PEF member’s daughter tapped for Union Plus scholarship

    PEF member’s daughter tapped for Union Plus scholarship

    August 19, 2022 — Emily Wenke, the daughter of PEF member Joanne Wenke, received a $550 Union Plus scholarship for 2022.   Emily is going into her second year of college at St. John’s University in Queens. She attended Saratoga Central Catholic High School and graduated as valedictorian as well as completed dual enrollment credits...

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  • New handbooks for PEF stewards 

    New handbooks for PEF stewards 

    July 28, 2022 — Union stewards are labor’s first responders — advising members, welcoming new ones and enforcing the contract and state labor law.  Without its cadre of stewards, PEF would be lost.    If you are a steward or would like to become one, PEF has developed a new PEF Steward Handbook to ensure...

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  • 2022 Audited Financial Statements

    2022 Audited Financial Statements

    Bonadio & Co., the certified public accountants of the NYS Public Employees Federation, completed its audit of PEF’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ending March 31, 2021, and March 31, 2022, and issued the following report in Aug. 2022. The statements and report are reprinted here in full for all members.

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  • Statewide officers continue to visit members across the state

    Statewide officers continue to visit members across the state

    July 14, 2022 — PEF’s statewide officers are ramping up efforts to reach rank-and-file members, visiting numerous worksites to update members on the state of the union, field questions, and listen to concerns.   In May, the officers visited Regions 10, 11 and 12, meeting members at more than a dozen locations. Most recently, they...

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  • 2022 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

    2022 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

    Proposed Constitutional Amendment – Article VI(G)(1) Proposed Constitutional Amendment – Article XII RECALL

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