• Walkthroughs support calls for action at Coxsackie and Greene Correctional Facilities

    Walkthroughs support calls for action at Coxsackie and Greene Correctional Facilities

    August 7, 2026 — Leadership at PEF and staff members from PEF Health & Safety conducted walkthroughs of Greene Correctional Facility and Coxsackie Correctional Facility on July 9 and July...

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  • Labor History: 160 years of the National Labor Union  

    Labor History: 160 years of the National Labor Union  

    August 7, 2026 — August 2026 marks the 160th anniversary of the formation of the National Labor Union (NLU) in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first labor union in the...

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  • Women’s Committee ramps up in Region 5

    Women’s Committee ramps up in Region 5

    August 7, 2026 — Region 5 is working to energize its Women’s Committee, kicking things off with a meet-and-greet meeting this spring.  “We had a decent turnout,” said Committee Chair Leslie Apacible, who works as a Disability Analyst at...

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  • Elected leaders, contract team travel statewide to discuss tentative agreement 

    Elected leaders, contract team travel statewide to discuss tentative agreement 

    August 7, 2026 — At a special meeting June 11, the Executive Board voted to approve the full text of the 2026-2031 PEF/State Tentative Agreement and send it to the...

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  • 9 seats filled on Executive Board during special elections; 1 goes to balloting 

    9 seats filled on Executive Board during special elections; 1 goes to balloting 

    August 7, 2026 — Nine Executive Board seats were filled following the April 2026 special election.  Gregory Deiulio was elected to fill Seat 1 (representing certain members at the Department...

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  • Telephone Town Hall provides information on tentative contract

    Telephone Town Hall provides information on tentative contract

    July 8, 2026 — PEF President Wayne Spence held a Telephone Town Hall on June 23 to discuss the latest PEF tentative agreement with New York State that covers most members of...

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  • Dues-paying PEF members in the PS&T unit to vote on new contract

    Dues-paying PEF members in the PS&T unit to vote on new contract

    July 8, 2026 — The PEF Contract Team negotiated a five-year tentative agreement with New York State last month, and the PEF Executive Board voted to approve the text and send it to members for ratification consideration.  Those members...

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  • PEF advocacy spurs OPWDD into action at Sunmount

    PEF advocacy spurs OPWDD into action at Sunmount

    August 7, 2026 — While Gov. Kathy Hochul was warning the public about extreme heat in early July, PEF members and their developmentally disabled clients working and living in secure housing...

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  • PEF secures millions in unlawfully calculated OT during Covid

    PEF secures millions in unlawfully calculated OT during Covid

    August 7, 2026 — Nearly 2,000 members and former members who answered New York State Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline calls and helped the Department of Labor manage increased unemployment...

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