• Nurses share stories of short staffing, mandatory overtime and toxic workplace culture with legislators during Lobby Day

    Nurses share stories of short staffing, mandatory overtime and toxic workplace culture with legislators during Lobby Day

    March 9, 2022 — Never has the spotlight shone so brightly on the health care profession than during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why now is the perfect time for PEF...

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  • Parole officers protect public from illegal guns, weapons

    Parole officers protect public from illegal guns, weapons

      March 9, 2022 — Illegal guns and other weapons are part of a growing problem of violent crime in communities nationwide. Getting them off the streets has created a...

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  • Back up and running: NYC members revitalize regional Women’s Committee 

    Back up and running: NYC members revitalize regional Women’s Committee 

    March 10, 2022 — With Women’s History Month in March, it’s fitting that PEF leaders in New York City are reviving the NYC Women’s Committee – with Michele Rosello chairing the...

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  • SUNY members share COVID stories; emphasize staffing woes and quality patient care at SUNY hospitals  

    SUNY members share COVID stories; emphasize staffing woes and quality patient care at SUNY hospitals  

    March 7, 2022 — The COVID pandemic shone a light on the state’s nursing and healthcare heroes, but it also highlighted the consequences of decades of austerity budgets and reduced...

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  • DOT Region 11 observes Black History Month; honors PEF members 

    DOT Region 11 observes Black History Month; honors PEF members 

    March 8, 2022 — The observation of Black History Month dates back to 1915, when Carter G. Woodson, now known as the “Father of Black History,” created an organization called...

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  • Latest news you need to know

    Latest news you need to know

    Put in to use your carried over vacation accruals  Eligible members impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and unable to use vacation accruals have until December 31, 2022, to use carried...

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  • Letters to the Editor – March 2022

    Letters to the Editor – March 2022

    Should she get 10-year longevity award? To the Editor: I have a general question regarding the longevity retro payouts. I’m an R.N. who worked 45 years at and retired from...

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  • TOC

    TOC

    • The President’s Message • PEF to legislators: Support parole, protect public safety • Keeping OPWDD running takes staff and commitment to clients • Black women...

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  • PEF to legislators: Support parole, protect public safety

    PEF to legislators: Support parole, protect public safety

    No part of supervising state parolees has ever been easy, but the combination of a highly contagious pandemic and political crosswinds focused on changing criminal justice statutes are making the...

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  • 11 vacant seats filled on PEF Executive Board

    11 vacant seats filled on PEF Executive Board

    PEF’s first quarterly special elections of 2022 filled 11 vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board.  The candidates for these seats are automatically seated as the only certified candidates.  They...

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