• PEF introduces mobile app to share union news 

    PEF introduces mobile app to share union news 

    April 14, 2024 — If you have an appetite for information – PEF now has an app for you to get it!  The new PEF App, available on Read More

  • PEF members join thousands to tell administration “Hands Off!” 

    PEF members join thousands to tell administration “Hands Off!” 

    April 14, 2025 — Thousands of workers across the country attended “Hands Off!” rallies on April 5 to signal to local leaders and the federal government that they are outraged...

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  • And the winner is … S.T.O.M.P! 

    And the winner is … S.T.O.M.P! 

    April 14, 2025 — Hundreds of PEF members and retirees pitched names for the 20-foot-tall inflatable bull PEF plans to deploy at worksites across New York state in its campaign...

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  • Retirees, it’s time to mobilize!

    Retirees, it’s time to mobilize!

    May 2, 2025 — As I write this on April 11, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution which will devastate public programs! Programs that many of us...

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  • Fond farewell from retiring PEF leader

    Fond farewell from retiring PEF leader

    May 2, 2025 —  To the Editor: January 14, 1973 – May 30, 2025: Not including my paper route, this is the duration of my official work life. First night...

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  • President’s Message

    President’s Message

    Signs of Spring at PEF: April contract money and a giant inflatable bull! The PEF Executive Board met March 27 and 28 in Albany with a full agenda, from...

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  • 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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