• Executive Board approves budget, meets Contract team, discusses DOCCS strike and puts pressure on OMH to stop workplace violence

    Executive Board approves budget, meets Contract team, discusses DOCCS strike and puts pressure on OMH to stop workplace violence

    April 3, 2025 — The PEF Executive Board met for the first time in 2025 on March 27 and 28 in Albany. The board approved the union’s budget for the...

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  • Next steps for PEF members in the DOCCS crisis  

    Next steps for PEF members in the DOCCS crisis  

    April 3, 2025 – On President’s Day, when stories of corrections officers across the state walking off the job started to circulate, no one could imagine the almost month-long struggle that lay...

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  • PEF monitoring DOCCS’ decision to grant early parole

    PEF monitoring DOCCS’ decision to grant early parole

    April 3, 2025 — Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III announced on March 31 a plan to move incarcerated individuals to “residential treatment outcount”...

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  • PEF joins thousands of union members for Stop the Cuts march in NYC

    PEF joins thousands of union members for Stop the Cuts march in NYC

    April. 3, 2025 — More than 50 PEF members and leaders participated in a Stop the Cuts march in New York on March 15, organized by the city’s largest healthcare...

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  • Contract money coming in April 

    Contract money coming in April 

    April 3, 2025 — It’s that time of year – members will see 3% raises, performance awards, the Higher Education Differential, and location pay increases this month.  Members can look...

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  • PEF hosts reception for international women of labor

    PEF hosts reception for international women of labor

    April 3, 2025 — On March 13 at the PEF office in New York City, the union welcomed delegates from Public Services International and Education International for a...

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  • New York’s 58-year-old Taylor Law protects public sector unions

    New York’s 58-year-old Taylor Law protects public sector unions

    April 3, 2025 — New York State is one of 33 states that legally protects its public sector unions. Seven states have either no laws or only allow specific groups...

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  • AFT hosts webinar on measles outbreak for educators, health care professionals

    AFT hosts webinar on measles outbreak for educators, health care professionals

    April 3, 2025 — “Here we are again, talking about a preventable public health crisis that is disrupting schools, straining health care systems and putting our most vulnerable at risk....

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  • PEF Telephone Town Hall explores impact of federal cuts on state services

    PEF Telephone Town Hall explores impact of federal cuts on state services

    April 3, 2025 — PEF held a telephone town hall on March 6 for members concerned about recent cuts to federal spending and the impact on State services and jobs....

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  • Newly minted PEF OSHA trainers share what it means to them

    Newly minted PEF OSHA trainers share what it means to them

    April 3, 2025 — The PEF members who achieved certification as OSHA trainers last month share why it’s such a significant step for them.  “Becoming an OSHA Authorized Trainer means...

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