• Do you want to be a union leader? Executive Board special elections resume in October

    Do you want to be a union leader? Executive Board special elections resume in October

    September 10, 2024 — The PEF Executive Board meets quarterly and is the highest-ranking deliberative body of the union other than the annual Convention. A full Executive Board ensures that...

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  • PEF engages members and members engage fairgoers at New York State Fair

    PEF engages members and members engage fairgoers at New York State Fair

    August 30, 2024 — The New York State Fair is an annual chance to celebrate all the things that make New York a great place to live and work. Games,...

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  • Meet your newly elected VP, Trustees, and RCs

    Meet your newly elected VP, Trustees, and RCs

    August 20, 2024 — Following the 2024 PEF Triennial Election, several top leadership roles have changed hands.  Bruce Giddings joins vice presidents Randi DiAntonio and Darlene Williams; Radhakrishna Mohan and...

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  • Fun for PEF Families and Friends at Six Flags

    Fun for PEF Families and Friends at Six Flags

    August 20, 2024 — Hundreds of members and their families came out on a beautiful Saturday, Aug. 10, for the PEF Membership Benefits Program’s Family and Friends Day at Six...

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  • Michele Rosello named new chair of PEF Statewide Women’s Committee

    Michele Rosello named new chair of PEF Statewide Women’s Committee

    August 20, 2024 — An ever-proud social worker from Region 11, Michele Rosello is the Council Leader at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens and served as the chairperson of the...

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  • Region 3 shows off its PEF Pride in Rochester

    Region 3 shows off its PEF Pride in Rochester

    August 20, 2024 — Although Pride Month is considered across the world to be in June, Rochester was one of the first communities to celebrate their LGBTQ+ community in July....

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  • PEF Region 1 awards four $500 scholarships

    PEF Region 1 awards four $500 scholarships

    August 20, 2024 — PEF Region 1 has announced the winners of their annual scholarship program. Applicants are the child, grandchild, stepchild or legally adopted child of an active Region...

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  • PEF member brings haunted past alive at State Capitol

    PEF member brings haunted past alive at State Capitol

    August 20, 2024 — In 1911, a fire at the New York State Capitol in Albany destroyed much of the irreplaceable collection of the New York State Library. It also...

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  • HEALTH NOTES: New York’s Surprise Bill Law provides protection for unexpected out-of-network billing

    HEALTH NOTES: New York’s Surprise Bill Law provides protection for unexpected out-of-network billing

    September 24, 2024 — Receiving an unexpected or “surprise” bill from an out-of-network (OON) provider can put an immense amount of stress on a patient and cause extreme financial hardships....

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