Editor’s Note: This is the third in our continuing series “What Can PEF Do For You?” highlighting the role PEF departments perform for the union membership. You can read the...
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An impressive 20 percent of the PEF membership responded to the recent contract survey, sharing their top concerns and priorities for negotiations. “We usually expect 10 to 15 percent of...
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Persistence is paying off for PEF members who work at 55 Hanson Place in Brooklyn, where renovations to the state office building have forced staff to work in cold, noise,...
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It’s hard to believe, but 2022 is almost over. It’s been a year of great accomplishments for PEF, but I’ll spare you the full litany of the union’s accomplishments until...
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In November 2020, after 66 years, toll collectors along the New York State Thruway signed off for the last time. All 1,100 of them — 200 full-time, 900 part-time —...
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This is the first in a series of Q&As with Union leaders across the state. If you have a suggestion for a profile, please email communicator@pef.org. How long have...
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Among the tens of thousands of PEF members, nurses represent the largest title group. They work in very diverse settings across the state, like Hutchings Psychiatric Center. That’s where Margaret...
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Questions timing of negotiations To the Editor: Contract negotiations in November, right after an election, is worthless. I’ve been asking for months to begin in the summer, when CSEA negotiated. ...
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I recently came across a report from The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), which finds that state and local government retirement systems on the whole successfully navigated the 2007...
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PEF’s 44th Annual Convention was held October 23-26 in Niagara Falls. The weather was sunny and warm, and the delegates sailed through all their work. PEF President Wayne Spence,...
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