• PEF to legislators: Bolster state workforce by improving Civil Service, adjusting pay grades, and fixing Tier 6

    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 

    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

    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 

    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 

    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! 

    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 

    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  

    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

    ‘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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  • Giving shelter dogs a better chance for adoption 

    Giving shelter dogs a better chance for adoption 

      March 10, 2023 — Incarcerated individuals at Groveland Correctional Facility in Sonyea, N.Y., have become an integral partner when it comes to helping dogs find forever homes.  Through the...

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