Hopeful Signs as State Budget Begins to Bloom in Albany
March 10, 2023 — Spring is right around the corner and it’s always one of my favorite times of year – the white and grey of winter turns green, flowers...
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PEF to legislators: Bolster state workforce by improving Civil Service, adjusting pay grades, and fixing Tier 6
March 10, 2023 – Ahead of a joint budget hearing on workforce development, PEF President Wayne Spence and Vice President Randi DiAntonio called for changes that would address pay...
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PEF and PSI mark International Women’s Day in New York City
March 10, 2023 — For a few hours on International Women’s Day, March 8, the PEF Region 10/11 office in New York City was filled with the sound...
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PEF Regions 1-5 leaders hone their skills
March 10, 2023 – It was a full house at the Statler Hotel at Cornell University as nearly 100 PEF leaders from Region 1 through 5 gathered February 24...
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PEF working to immediately secure fully paid parental leave for members
March 10, 2023 – PEF has requested the state enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to immediately offer PEF members Paid Parental Leave (PPL), which grants 12 weeks of...
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Governor signs law to hold health care facilities accountable for mandating overtime for nurses
March 10, 2023 – PEF scored another win for nurses with the signing of an amended “no mandatory overtime” law with language that would help hold health care facilities accountable...
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PEF member achieves loan forgiveness, erasing $154k in debt; don’t wait, see if you’re eligible now!
March 10, 2023 – Region 8 Coordinator Danielle Bridger successfully navigated the PSLF program and recently received confirmation that her loans, totaling more than $154,000, had been forgiven. Bridger applied...
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Berenice Abbott documented a changing New York; PEF members at the New York State Museum help showcase her work
March 10, 2023 – In 1929, photographer Berenice Abbott returned from abroad to find New York City dramatically different than when she left nearly a decade earlier. Hundreds of 19th-century...
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Jewish Committee to host Purim Celebration
The PEF Jewish Committee invites members to a Purim Celebration from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. March 16. There will be an in-person event at the New York City PEF Office...
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‘Bread and Roses’ strike: Highlighting child labor, workplace safety, unequal distribution of wealth
March 10, 2023 — In 1912, textile workers worked long hours for dismal wages. At the American Woolen Company mill in Lawrence, Mass., more than half the workers were women...
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