March 5, 2025 — My fellow Retirees and Union Siblings, we are in uncharted times! I have just returned from Washington, D.C., where I attended an AFT Retirees Program &...
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February 14, 2025 — When the HELP program was introduced in 2023 by the Department of Civil Service (DCS), it was meant to be a temporary initiative to support hiring...
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February 5, 2025 — A coalition of labor unions, Brooklyn clergy and community leaders spent the day in Albany on February 4, visiting with legislators and holding a press conference,...
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February 14, 2025 — Scott Staub, a Disability Analyst 3 at OTDA in Endicott, was elected by Region 5 members in January to be their new regional coordinator. Staub succeeds...
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February 14, 2025 — During the Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks game on January 21, 2025, Erna Blackman and her team were brought onto the court to celebrate her...
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February 14, 2025 — The health and safety of members is PEF’s top priority. And while horrific stories of stabbings or assaults earn the headlines, there are many ways that...
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With the FY 2025-26 State Budget cycle in full swing, it’s important that all PEF members make their voices heard about union priorities! We have 10 letter writing campaigns this...
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February 14, 2025 — President Wayne Spence and Vice President Randi DiAntonio made the case against austerity and privatization of wages and employment of New York’s public mental health workforce...
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This is my 11th year as PEF president, and I can truly say that we’ve never started out a year quite this fast before! Your union is hard at work...
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February 14, 2025 — Eligible members will receive their next Higher Education Differential (HED) lump sum payment of $600 in their April 23 (Administration) or May 1 (Institution) paychecks, though...
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