June 10, 2024 — The PEF Executive Board met May 30 and 31 in Albany, hearing from guest speakers and conducting business of the union, including a discussion on the...
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June 10, 2024 — As chairperson of the State Assembly Governmental Employees Committee, Amato is working on reforms to the Civil Service system, pension equity for Tier 5 and Tier...
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June 10, 2024 — Changes to Article 15 of the PS&T contract, which provides reimbursement for workshops and seminars, licensure and certification exam fees, and tuition for college and graduate...
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The power of union and community solidarity was on display over the last month – in the halls of the New York State Legislature, in communities from Brooklyn to Buffalo,...
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June 10, 2024 — After listening to concerns from various public employee unions, including those raised by PEF President Wayne Spence, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on June 6, 2024, that...
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June 10, 2024 — On March 31, 2021, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act was signed into law in New York, legalizing the adult, recreational use of marijuana or cannabis....
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June 10, 2024 — Vikky Urena and Faith Cochran are both PEF Division 236 DOCCS employees who work in Brooklyn and New Rochelle. Urena is a parole officer and Cochran...
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June 10, 2024 — PEF members have upped their leadership skills by participating in the first PEF Leadership Institute, which kicked off in July of last year and wrapped with...
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June 10, 2024 — Many of the biggest unions in the United States were formed when the needs of the American workforce were greatest. The Communication Workers of America (CWA),...
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