• RETIREES IN ACTION: We must educate members and the public on the value of the labor movement 

    RETIREES IN ACTION: We must educate members and the public on the value of the labor movement 

    September 8, 2025 — I spent 33 years working for the New York State Department of Corrections (now the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, or DOCCS) where I learned...

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  • 1 Executive Board seat filled; 4 headed to balloting

    1 Executive Board seat filled; 4 headed to balloting

    August 8, 2025 — One vacant seat on the PEF Executive Board has been filled, and four are heading to balloting after the July 2025 Special Election cycle.  Biswajit Datta...

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  • President Spence named PEC co-chair

    President Spence named PEC co-chair

    August 8, 2025 — After several years of active participation in the New York State Public Employee Conference (NYSPEC), a coalition of labor unions that fight for the rights...

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  • Proposed Constitutional Amendment

    Proposed Constitutional Amendment

    Proposed Constitutional Amendment The following proposed amendment to Article VII(C)(1) of the PEF Constitution will be presented for ratification to delegates at the 2025 PEF Convention. The amendment was approved...

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  • 2025 Audited Financial Statements

    2025 Audited Financial Statements

    Click here for the 2025 Audited Financial Statements

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  • Ten students earn PEF Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship awards

    Ten students earn PEF Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship awards

    July 18, 2025 — PEF started the Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship in 1988 to help children, stepchildren and wards of active, retired or deceased PEF members finance their education. Scacalossi was...

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  • PEF turns up the heat on a variety of fronts this summer 

    PEF turns up the heat on a variety of fronts this summer 

    As the summer heats up (and up and up!), PEF is also keeping the heat on several of our priorities, including holding DOCCS and OMH’s feet to the fire on...

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  • PEF members at DOCCS and OMH CBOs strategize about path forward at correctional facilities

    PEF members at DOCCS and OMH CBOs strategize about path forward at correctional facilities

    July 18, 2025 — PEF members who work at DOCCS facilities have faced unsafe working conditions for many years, long before the 22-day wildcat strike by corrections officers in March....

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  • Compensation study underway by Civil Service; PEF closely monitoring the process

    Compensation study underway by Civil Service; PEF closely monitoring the process

    July 18, 2025 — The state’s outdated compensation plan and its lack of competitiveness with the private sector continue to lead to severe recruitment and retention issues in New York....

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