May 8, 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 political season is in full swing and before we know it, we will be asked to make some choices that will have long-lasting consequences on...
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May 8, 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 accruals through the Leave Donation Program, which was negotiated as part of your PEF contract. The program was developed to assist employees dealing with long-term...
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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 Cross as the dental provider in the New York State Health Insurance Plan this fall. This is the culmination of years of effort. PEF led...
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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 thank each of you who took the time to send an email or a letter or called your lawmakers to voice support for PEF’s priorities....
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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 – when a total solar eclipse’s path of totality would be passing directly over Niagara Falls State Park. A year ago, they...
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April 3, 2024 — The consensus among staff at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn is clear: It’s time to stand up and fight back against the rampant bullying, retaliation, and nepotism that members face every day on the job. “This is what our members want,” said PEF Region 11 Coordinator and Kingsboro recreation therapist...
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April 3, 2024 — At the first Executive Board meeting of 2024, PEF leaders approved the union’s Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget, sent a tentative contract for ratification to members at Allegany County; and heard from U.S Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and State Senators Samra Brouk and Neil Breslin. 2024-25 budget highlights PEF Secretary-Treasurer Joe Donahue...
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April 3, 2024 — PEF is always focused on building a strong and robust membership, but since the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) — which ruled that workers employed by a government entity do not have to pay union dues in order to work...
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April 3, 2024 — Health and wellness resources? 20,000 free books? What more could you ask for?! There will be all that and more at the second annual PEF Community Wellness Fair and Reading Opens the World Book Giveaway, returning to the Washington Avenue Armory from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 27. ...
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April 3, 2024 — Many PEF members live their union values by volunteering as a force for good in their communities. For Joan Rosegreen, a PEF member for 19 years, that work stretches far beyond America’s border. “I have always been involved in giving back to the community,” said Rosegreen, a Registered Nurse 2...
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