• PEF to State Senate: Fix Tier 6 and increase compensation to attract and retain State workers

    PEF to State Senate: Fix Tier 6 and increase compensation to attract and retain State workers

    October 12, 2023 — Vice President Randi DiAntonio testified before the Senate’s Civil Service and Pension Committee on October 11, urging the state to reform pension plans; fix compensation and...

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  • Executive Board tackles toxic work environments, hears from key state leaders 

    Executive Board tackles toxic work environments, hears from key state leaders 

      September 27, 2023 — Toxic workplaces and bullying by New York State agency managers took center stage at the quarterly PEF Executive Board meeting, held September 21 and 22...

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  • Letters to the Editor – October 2023

    Letters to the Editor – October 2023

    Emerging leaders’ initiative long overdue  To the Editor:  It seems that it took a while – over a decade, at least – but the idea for an “Emerging Leaders Institute”...

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  • PEF in the News 

    PEF in the News 

    September 27, 2023 Jose Medina, a retired PEF member who worked as a wage investigator with the Department of Labor, and Scarlett Ahmed, a council leader and member of the...

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  • National Roundabouts Week promotes safe roads for New Yorkers 

    National Roundabouts Week promotes safe roads for New Yorkers 

    September 27, 2023 — National Roundabouts Week is celebrated across the United States every September. This year, Roundabouts Week was Sept. 18-23, and New York’s Department of Transportation (NYS DOT)...

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  • PEF members, leaders call for respect at rally against toxic work environments

    PEF members, leaders call for respect at rally against toxic work environments

      September 22, 2023 — During lunch on September 21, the PEF Executive Board, joined by rank-and-file members, marched from the Albany Hilton to Empire State Plaza, loudly and proudly...

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  • State employees allowed up to 4 hours uncharged leave for COVID vaccine, boosters

    State employees allowed up to 4 hours uncharged leave for COVID vaccine, boosters

    September 27, 2023 — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have both approved and authorized updated COVID-19 booster vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer...

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  • 2023 Audited Financial Statements

    2023 Audited Financial Statements

    Click here for the 2023 Audited Financial Statements

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  • PEF remembers fallen brothers and sisters on 9/11 

    PEF remembers fallen brothers and sisters on 9/11 

      September 27, 2023 — New Yorkers got up the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and went about their usual routine. Some went to work at the World Trade Center,...

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  • PEF officers, volunteers gather petitions to raise support and awareness for unionizing local Starbucks 

    PEF officers, volunteers gather petitions to raise support and awareness for unionizing local Starbucks 

    September 14, 2023 — “Starbucks claims to be a progressive company, but when it comes to respecting workers’ rights, you’re anything but progressive. As Starbucks customers, we are calling on...

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