• Project 2025 discussion highlights potential impact on PEF

    Project 2025 discussion highlights potential impact on PEF

    September 24, 2024 — At this year’s convention, PEF President Wayne Spence spoke about the importance of being educated before going to the voting booth this November and wanted the...

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  • PEF Veterans’ Committee vows to leave no vets behind

    PEF Veterans’ Committee vows to leave no vets behind

    September 25, 2024 — The 46th annual PEF Convention Veterans’ Luncheon brought veterans and their supporters together in the OnCenter’s War Memorial Amphitheater.  PEF member and veteran John Thomsen sang...

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  • PEF nurses urged to heed AFT’s ‘Code Red’ initiative

    PEF nurses urged to heed AFT’s ‘Code Red’ initiative

    September 25, 2024 — This year’s Nurses’ Luncheon at the PEF Convention once again invited delegates who work in nursing across the state and across all agencies to share and...

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  • BEE involved in Health and Safety at your worksite

    BEE involved in Health and Safety at your worksite

    September 25, 2024 — Bee involved. Bee active. Bee a voice for your coworkers. That was the buzz at the annual Health and Safety Breakfast during Convention, where staff and...

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  • Political allies address Convention delegates

    Political allies address Convention delegates

    September 25, 2024 — The union’s legislative successes would not be possible without the strong political alliances PEF has built with elected officials across the state. Several officials addressed Convention...

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  • Delegates raise $3,000 for In My Father’s Kitchen

    Delegates raise $3,000 for In My Father’s Kitchen

    September 24, 2024 — Delegates gave generously to this year’s Community Outreach recipient, In My Father’s Kitchen, a faith-based organization offering assistance to homeless people through direct street outreach.  Charities...

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  • Solidarity Forever is still a union classic over 110 years later 

    Solidarity Forever is still a union classic over 110 years later 

    September 25, 2024 — As part of a resolution passed by the Convention body in 2022, the popular union anthem “Solidarity Forever” is sung at the end of each Convention...

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  • Profiles of this year’s PEF Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship winners

    Profiles of this year’s PEF Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship winners

    September 25, 2024 — Winners of this year’s Joseph Scacalossi Scholarships were recognized by President Spence at a ceremony in early August.   Jake Baker is a full-time student attending LeMoyne...

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  • Division 234 announces scholarship winners

    Division 234 announces scholarship winners

    September 25, 2024 — This year, PEF Division 234, which represents members who work at social service agencies in the Capital District, awarded seven scholarships to students pursuing higher education. ...

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  • Division 357 announces scholarship winners, new round application

    Division 357 announces scholarship winners, new round application

    September 25, 2024 — Since 2023, PEF Division 357 (Statewide Office of Information Technology Services) has awarded 29 scholarships to help offset the incidental costs associated with college, such as...

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