January 30, 2025 — “Before I could hold him, before I could touch him, I read to him …” When Cameron Jace Quartiers was born in February 2009, he weighed...
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How long have you been a PEF member? Since 1989, so 36 years. Time flies when you’re having fun! Briefly, what do you do in your state role? I work...
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February 15, 2025 — For PEF member Keith Browne, leading the Caribbean-American Committee means more than just business as usual. It is a chance to show members of the union...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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