• Executive Board discusses Convention, improving the dental benefit, and efforts to increase membership

    Executive Board discusses Convention, improving the dental benefit, and efforts to increase membership

    September 15, 2022 — The PEF Executive Board met September 8 and 9 in Albany, observing a moment of silence for those lost on September 11, 2001; deciding on a...

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  • Hundreds march in annual Albany Labor Parade

    Hundreds march in annual Albany Labor Parade

    It was a warm day and evening as hundreds of PEF and other union members marched through the streets of downtown Albany on September 9 in the city’s annual Labor...

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  • PEF Organizing is on the ground every day supporting and advocating for you

    PEF Organizing is on the ground every day supporting and advocating for you

    September 15, 2022 — Did you visit the PEF booth at the New York State Fair?  You weren’t alone.  More than 1,100 active members and retirees stopped by the booth...

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  • PEF tells state to include its professional employees in planning future services

    PEF tells state to include its professional employees in planning future services

    September 15, 2022 — PEF testified September 13 in Albany when the Assembly Committee on People with Disabilities held a public hearing on a draft strategic 5-year plan developed by...

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  • Celebrating Labor in Advance of PEF’s Annual Convention

    Celebrating Labor in Advance of PEF’s Annual Convention

    I hope every PEF member had a relaxing and engaging Labor Day!  It was great to see so many smiling faces at the Albany, Massena, Rochester and Syracuse parades.  We...

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  • Congratulations to this year’s Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship recipients 

    Congratulations to this year’s Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship recipients 

    September 15, 2022 — Paying for college amid record-high inflation got even harder as of July 1, 2022, when interest rates for federal student loans rose from 3.73 percent to...

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  • PEF special elections filling mid-term vacancies on Executive Board, Reg. 12

    PEF special elections filling mid-term vacancies on Executive Board, Reg. 12

    September 15, 2022 — Four vacant seats on the PEF Executive Board have been filled and a fifth seat will be filled pending the results of a special election.  These...

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  • Congratulations to this year’s Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship recipients

    Congratulations to this year’s Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship recipients

    September 15, 2022 — Paying for college amid record-high inflation got even harder as of July 1, 2022, when interest rates for federal student loans rose from 3.73 percent to...

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  • PEF marine biologist educates the public, first responders on shark interactions and how to respond when bites occur

    PEF marine biologist educates the public, first responders on shark interactions and how to respond when bites occur

    September 7, 2022 — Sharks already get a bad rap, but with all the recent news of an uptick in shark sightings along Long Island beaches, the East Coast,...

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  • Letters to the Editor: September 2022

    Letters to the Editor: September 2022

    When are 2023 scholarship applications due?   To the Editor:  Just checking on eligibility for a 2023 graduate, when can he apply for scholarship consideration?  DIANE BAKER East Greenbush  Editor’s Note: ...

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