• 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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  • Retirees in Action: Votes matter and the Inflation Reduction Act will help workers, retirees and their families

    Retirees in Action: Votes matter and the Inflation Reduction Act will help workers, retirees and their families

    The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was just signed into law.  This legislation is good for our retirees and for our union!  It is very appropriate that it was enacted...

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  • Amid rising costs, college scholarships are more valuable than ever

    Amid rising costs, college scholarships are more valuable than ever

    August 31, 2022 — Over the last two decades, the cost of tuition and fees at private national universities has jumped 144 percent; out-of-state tuition and fees at public universities...

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  • Labor in the News 

    Labor in the News 

    Support for labor unions highest since 1965: Gallup  American support of labor unions rose 3 percent over the last year, from 69 percent to 71.  Increased support is attributed to...

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