Second dental stipend expected be paid this month
May 7, 2024 — The $400 dental stipend for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, negotiated as part of the 2023-2026 PEF/State Agreement, is expected to be in checks dated May 22...
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PEF Nurse Organizer position established in 1998
May 7, 2024 — Nurses have always been one of the largest single job groups in PEF, working across several agencies from DOCCS to all the “O” agencies like OASAS,...
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Know your Contract: Bulletin Boards
May 7, 2024 — Editor’s note: Everyone looks at the salary schedules, the benefits information, accruals, and other monetary aspects of PEF collective bargaining agreements. In this new series, we...
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PEF Telephone Town Hall: April 9, 2024
Thank you to the thousands who listened in on the PEF Telephone Town Hall on April 9. If you missed it, a full audio recording is now available below. Here are...
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Joint Telephone Town Hall updates members on SUNY Downstate fightback
April 18, 2024 — Since learning earlier this year about a plan to close SUNY Downstate, PEF and UUP have orchestrated a fightback campaign to make sure it does not happen....
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Are you prepared for the election season?
May 7, 2024 — Retirees and PEF members, we are entering a period where we must make some tough, informed, and serious decisions based on what’s important to us. The...
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Taking the mystery out of leave donations
May 7, 2024 — If you know of a state employee with a long-term illness, you may be able to help them out by donating some of your unneeded annual...
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New York State employees will soon have a new dental plan!
April 3, 2024 — It took years of hard work and tenacity on the part of PEF leaders and members, but New York State will replace EmblemHealth with Anthem Blue...
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PEF persistence pays off!
The first quarter of 2024 is in the books! The New York State budget will be finalized soon, and I’m confident that many of PEF’s priorities will be included. I...
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Eclipse expected to bring record-breaking crowds to Niagara Region
April 3, 2024 — In 2020, staff at New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (Parks) cast their eyes four years into the future – to April 8, 2024...
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