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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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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Region 3 hosts New York legislators from the Finger Lakes region at annual breakfast
March 18, 2024 — PEF Region 3 welcomed nearly a dozen State lawmakers to the regional office in Rochester on March 16 for a Legislative Breakfast. About 90 PEF members...
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