DEC forester helps fight Colorado fires
September 8, 2025 — When lightning strikes started wildfires in San Juan National Forest in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at the beginning of August, New York wildland firefighters were first on...
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Nurse attacked while working at South Beach Psychiatric Center shares his story
August 8, 2025 — No one at PEF knew that September 17, 2024, would be such a life-changing day. As the union’s elected leaders, delegates and staff prepared for the...
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WCBS-TV interviews President Spence, PEF workplace violence victims
August 8, 2025 — WCBS-TV in New York City featured PEF members Peter Shiffman and Carl Ankrah, who were attacked by patients in 2024 and 2019 while working at state...
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Show our strength and solidarity on Labor Day
August 8, 2025 — On Saturday, September 6, PEF, along with dozens of other unions and the New York Central Labor Council will participate in New York City’s annual Labor...
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PEF Region 7 awards scholarships
August 8, 2025 — PEF Region 7 has awarded its 2025 Paul Normandeau Scholarship to Adrian Mirza and the 2025 Ellen Mainville Scholarship to Lilliana Morin. The Paul Normandeau Scholarship...
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PEF members work to rebuild Revolutionary War artifact found beneath World Trade Center
August 8, 2025 — In 2010, as construction crews in Lower Manhattan were building the new World Trade Center, they discovered a gunboat from the Revolutionary War beneath the soil...
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Don’t forget about your Article 15 benefits!
August 8, 2025 — Article 15 of the PS&T contract allocates money to PEF members for training courses and grants, as well as reimbursement for workshops and license exam fees....
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RETIREES IN ACTION: We must educate members and the public on the value of the labor movement
September 8, 2025 — I spent 33 years working for the New York State Department of Corrections (now the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, or DOCCS) where I learned...
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1 Executive Board seat filled; 4 headed to balloting
August 8, 2025 — One vacant seat on the PEF Executive Board has been filled, and four are heading to balloting after the July 2025 Special Election cycle. Biswajit Datta...
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President Spence named PEC co-chair
August 8, 2025 — After several years of active participation in the New York State Public Employee Conference (NYSPEC), a coalition of labor unions that fight for the rights...
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