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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June 10, 2024 — In 2001, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Labor broke state law when it withheld information about employees’ job-related injuries from PEF. The...
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May 17, 2024 — PEF members may not be aware that when they face discrimination in the workplace, there are avenues that they can take to find justice and protection....
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May 17, 2024 — If you plan to pursue work as a registered nurse, respiratory therapist, clinical laboratory technologist, radiologic technologist, or surgical technologist, and you agree to work in...
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May 17, 2024 — PEF President Wayne Spence was highlighted in May as part of City & State magazine’s Albany Power 100. He shares the honor with 99 other powerful...
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S-T Donahue represents PEF New York state lawmakers, local officials promote bill to protect road workers: PEF has backed a bill sponsored by State Sen. Jeremy Cooney. The bill would...
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May 17, 2024 — “What do we want? Safe staffing! When do we want it? Now!” Health care workers from multiple unions made sure the halls of the State Capitol...
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