• Performance awards (lump sum longevity payments) to be paid in April 2024

    Performance awards (lump sum longevity payments) to be paid in April 2024

    The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has released Payroll Bulletin 2211 providing for payment of the April 2024 Performance Awards (also known as Lump Sum Longevity Payments) for PEF members...

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  • Higher Education Differential deadline extended

    Higher Education Differential deadline extended

    April 3, 2024 — The Office of Employee Relations has extended the deadline for PEF members to submit proof of education degree or license to May 3, 2024. The payment...

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  • PEF contract money to be paid this Spring

    PEF contract money to be paid this Spring

    April 3, 2024 — Members have started reaching out asking, “Where’s the money?”  We’re happy to share that PEF members in the PS&T bargaining unit have seen or will see...

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  • State Senate and Assembly budget proposals line up with PEF priorities

    State Senate and Assembly budget proposals line up with PEF priorities

      March 18, 2024 — The State Senate and Assembly’s “one-house” budget proposals were released on March 11, 2024. PEF has been working hard since Governor Hochul’s State of the...

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  • PEF members at Kingsboro send message to management: Stop Workplace Bullying! 

    PEF members at Kingsboro send message to management: Stop Workplace Bullying! 

    April 3, 2024 — PEF Division 252 members employed by Kingsboro Psychiatric Center (KPC) in Brooklyn are engaged in a multi-month campaign to let management of the facility know they’re...

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  • Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire forever a part of American labor history 

    Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire forever a part of American labor history 

    March 25, 2024 — March 25 marks the 113th anniversary of one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history. On this day in 1911, 146 garment workers lost their...

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  • Members at OTDA helping create healthy eating, exercise habits for low-income New Yorkers

    Members at OTDA helping create healthy eating, exercise habits for low-income New Yorkers

    April 5, 2024 — March was National Nutrition Month and PEF members at the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are pulling out all the...

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  • PEF’s lobbying, organizing helped stave off DOL layoffs in 1987

    PEF’s lobbying, organizing helped stave off DOL layoffs in 1987

    April 3, 2024 — In 1987, hundreds of state Department of Labor (DOL) members faced layoffs. They were initially spared by a reprieve, but layoffs were back on the table...

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  • PEF members mobilize to make eclipse viewing safe and instructive 

    PEF members mobilize to make eclipse viewing safe and instructive 

      March 19, 2024 — PEF members at numerous state agencies are working hard behind the scenes in anticipation of crowds flocking to western and northern New York on April...

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  • PEF Membership Benefits hosts children’s book signing with local author

    PEF Membership Benefits hosts children’s book signing with local author

    March 18, 2024 — PEF Membership Benefits organized a book signing at the Howe Branch of the Albany Public Library on March 16. Dozens of kids and their caregivers attended,...

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