• PEF stands strong after assault at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center

    PEF stands strong after assault at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center

    May 6, 2025 — PEF’s Stop Workplace Violence campaign launched last year after three stabbings at Buffalo Psychiatric Center (PC) in April. Since then, additional attacks have made headlines...

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  • PEF recommits to the fight for health and safety on Workers’ Memorial Day 

    PEF recommits to the fight for health and safety on Workers’ Memorial Day 

    May 6, 2025 — Workers’ Memorial Day is set aside to remember and honor those who died or suffered illness or injury on the job and PEF leaders and staff...

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  • Mobile dental clinics coming to the North Country

    Mobile dental clinics coming to the North Country

    May 6, 2025 — Jet Dental clinics, a mobile, on-site dental provider, will be coming to Region 7 in June – offering New York State Dental Plan enrollees and covered...

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  • Looking ahead to the PEF Convention; soliciting comment on federal, state legislative agendas

    Looking ahead to the PEF Convention; soliciting comment on federal, state legislative agendas

    May 2, 2025 — The Convention Committee made several trips to this year’s Convention site in Lake Placid, paving the way for the 47th annual PEF Convention from Oct. 19...

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  • Honoring PEF nurses at Roswell during Oncology Nurse Month, National Nurse Month

    Honoring PEF nurses at Roswell during Oncology Nurse Month, National Nurse Month

    May 2, 2025 — Nurses are the backbone of health care institutions across the world.  This year, the nursing staff at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo were honored...

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  • PEF asked to share successful tactics for increasing membership with SEIU Public Division Labor Boards

    PEF asked to share successful tactics for increasing membership with SEIU Public Division Labor Boards

    May 2, 2025 — With federal budget cuts and continuous attacks on unions and collective bargaining, now more than ever, mobilizing and organizing are vital to the survival of unions. ...

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  • Apply now for Excelsior scholarship to SUNY, CUNY schools

    Apply now for Excelsior scholarship to SUNY, CUNY schools

    June 5, 2025 — The New York State Higher Education Services Corporation is pleased to announce that the Excelsior Scholarship application for the 2025–26 academic year is now open....

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  • PEF leaders step up in local labor federations and councils

    PEF leaders step up in local labor federations and councils

    May 6, 2025 — From Buffalo to Long Island, PEF Regional Coordinators are active members of the New York State labor movement. One of the primary ways they stay connected...

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  • VP Giddings joins unions, community on May Day to protest federal cuts, support health care workers 

    VP Giddings joins unions, community on May Day to protest federal cuts, support health care workers 

    May 2, 2025 — PEF Vice President Bruce Giddings spoke at a multi-union May Day rally outside Albany Medical Center (AMC) on May 1, representing PEF and standing in solidarity...

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