January 19, 2024 — PEF President Wayne Spence and department directors updated members on recent news that would impact SUNY Downstate members, the proposed congestion pricing in the New York...
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February 2, 2024 — Governor Hochul proposed in her executive budget that the legislature give her approval to close up to five New York State correctional facilities with just 90-days’...
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February 1, 2024 — When Executive Board member Mickey Dobbin from the State Education Department (SED) reached out to PEF with the news that hourly employees at SED had received...
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The Legislative Session is in full swing here in Albany, following Governor Hochul’s presentation of her Executive Budget proposal last month. Between now and April 1, lawmakers will hold hearings...
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January 30, 2024 — Throughout the history of the labor movement in the United States, there are moments when Black workers, fed up with working conditions, lack of benefits and...
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January 11, 2024 — During her State of the State address on January 9, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul told a joint session of assemblymembers, state senators and other...
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Jan. 23, 2024 — Positions in nearly every state agency are in dire need of filling – more than 12,000 in all, according to the governor’s most recent Executive Budget...
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January 11, 2024 — In 2023, PEF contributions to COPE – the Committee on Political Education, a political action fund administered by PEF’s parent unions, SEIU and AFT — increased...
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Brooklyn Eagle links to PEF article on SUNY Downstate The Brooklyn Eagle included a brief on the SUNY Downstate “transformation” plan, including a comment by President Spence and linking...
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February 1, 2024 — January 23 was Primary Day in New Hampshire, and believe it or not, a PEF member was on the ballet. Raymond Moroz, a chief computer operator...
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