November 25, 2024 — At least 14 Department of Environmental Conversation (DEC) agency offices were targeted with bomb threats since the beginning of November. The threats were a response to...
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November 25, 2024 — On September 17, PEF Registered Nurse Peter Shiffman was brutally attacked by a patient at South Beach Psychiatric Facility. Shiffman was struck on the side of...
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November 25, 2024 — Employees at the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) are charged with handling their patients with care. Sometimes, that care means physically lifting and moving...
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November 25, 2024 — Nurses at Sagamore Children’s Hospital on Long Island work tirelessly to provide quality care to their patients. So when they felt management was violating the union’s...
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November 25, 2024 — With a little more than a month until the New Year, there are still hundreds of bills waiting for Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature or veto. Two...
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November 15, 2024 — More than 2,100 state employees in professional traineeships at 46 state agencies, many of whom are PEF members, will see pay increases of either 5.7% or...
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November 25, 2024 — Unions in the U.S. have seen an explosion of support over the past few years, from Amazon to Starbucks to Hollywood. New York State boasts the...
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November 15, 2024 — For members who are suspended without pay, time is of the essence – the longer the case goes, the harder it is to stay financially afloat,...
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November 25, 2024 — PEF Division 357 at the Office of Information Technology Services awarded $600 scholarships to 13 students enrolled for the fall semester. The recipients and their...
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November 25, 2024 — The campaign to save SUNY Downstate is nearly a year old, and although PEF, other unions and members of the NYC clergy have worked to halt...
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