• Citing “Unintended Consequences,” Governor Hochul Hits Pause Button on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

    Citing “Unintended Consequences,” Governor Hochul Hits Pause Button on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

    June 10, 2024 — After listening to concerns from various public employee unions, including those raised by PEF President Wayne Spence, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on June 6, 2024, that...

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  • New Council Leader at OCM seeks to grow member engagement and cannabis awareness

    New Council Leader at OCM seeks to grow member engagement and cannabis awareness

    June 10, 2024 — On March 31, 2021, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act was signed into law in New York, legalizing the adult, recreational use of marijuana or cannabis....

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  • DOCCS members working to combat fatigue and mental health with fulfillment and wellness

    DOCCS members working to combat fatigue and mental health with fulfillment and wellness

    June 10, 2024 — Vikky Urena and Faith Cochran are both PEF Division 236 DOCCS employees who work in Brooklyn and New Rochelle. Urena is a parole officer and Cochran...

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  • That’s a wrap for first PEF Emerging Leaders Institute  

    That’s a wrap for first PEF Emerging Leaders Institute  

     June 10, 2024 — PEF members have upped their leadership skills by participating in the first PEF Leadership Institute, which kicked off in July of last year and wrapped with...

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  • Labor History: A look back at the formation of USW

    Labor History: A look back at the formation of USW

    June 10, 2024 — Many of the biggest unions in the United States were formed when the needs of the American workforce were greatest. The Communication Workers of America (CWA),...

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  • Blast from the Past: PEF wins access to DOL employee-injury records

    Blast from the Past: PEF wins access to DOL employee-injury records

    June 10, 2024 — In 2001, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Labor broke state law when it withheld information about employees’ job-related injuries from PEF. The...

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  • Joint Affirmative Action Committee partners with consultant to get results on discrimination

    Joint Affirmative Action Committee partners with consultant to get results on discrimination

    May 17, 2024 — PEF members may not be aware that when they face discrimination in the workplace, there are avenues that they can take to find justice and protection....

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  • Healthcare worker scholarship targets underserved areas of NY; application deadline is June 24

    Healthcare worker scholarship targets underserved areas of NY; application deadline is June 24

    May 17, 2024 — If you plan to pursue work as a registered nurse, respiratory therapist, clinical laboratory technologist, radiologic technologist, or surgical technologist, and you agree to work in...

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  • PEF President Spence honored in City & State’s Albany Power 100

    PEF President Spence honored in City & State’s Albany Power 100

    May 17, 2024 — PEF President Wayne Spence was highlighted in May as part of City & State magazine’s Albany Power 100. He shares the honor with 99 other powerful...

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