Employee Spotlight: Vincent Cicatello
February 18, 2025 — You are currently celebrating 25 years of NYS state service. 24 years which have been at BPC. Are there any words of advice you’d like to...
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Stay informed during the budget season; be ready to take action!
February 12, 2025 — Dear Retirees and PEF Members, As we enter a new year with budget negotiations happening from now until April, I believe it’s important to keep ourselves...
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A look back on a busy year for PEF
January 9, 2025 — 2024 was a busy one for PEF – from the fight to save SUNY Downstate, to financial wins for members amounting to thousands of dollars, to...
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PEF’s parent unions raising money for California workers, families
January 13, 2025 — That’s what unions are all about, and that’s what our siblings in Southern California need right now as firefighters battle to contain active wildfires across the...
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PEF statewide leaders update membership on contract, legislative work, dental provider
December 20, 2024 — Thousands of members tuned in as President Wayne Spence, along with Vice Presidents Randi DiAntonio, Bruce Giddings, and Darlene Williams, and select PEF staff, hosted a...
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Performance Award changes coming for eligible PEF members
January 9, 2025 — Performance awards, also sometimes called longevity payments, are annual lump sum payments typically given to PEF members who have been at the top of their salary...
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PEF parole officers come together to combat fatigue and practice mental health wellness
January 9, 2025 — PEF parole officers have a stressful and demanding job. That’s why officers Vikky Urena and Faith Cochran created a training program with Desert Waters Correctional...
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OTDA Labor-Management team and PEF join forces to nix outsourcing of backlogged medical consultant cases to Florida
January 9, 2025 — It was teamwork on every level – from the agency labor-management committee to the PEF Field Services and Legislative departments to PEF’s top elected leaders –...
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Report on privatization, austerity sheds light on problems in the mental healthcare sector
January 9, 2025 — One of the cornerstones of PEF’s Fund Our Future campaign is privatization and how it is detrimental to the public interest. New York closed more than...
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