Union steps in to protect local leader from agency rebuke
December 15, 2021 — When a PEF member at an Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) facility in South Kortright, N.Y., was injured on the job and transported by...
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PEF helps new Colorado employee union ratify first contract
December 15, 2021 — In an act of solidarity, PEF sent its two top organizers to Colorado to help the state’s new employee union win ratification of its first contract....
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Professional Development programs now available
December 15, 2021 — Article 15 of the PS&T contract provides money for training courses, grants, reimbursement for workshops and licensure exam fees. The PEF/State Joint Professional Development Committee (PDC)...
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Make choices by Dec 31 for your 2022 health benefits
December 15, 2021 — Time is running out to continue or change your health benefit choices for 2022. You have until December 31, 2021, to do so. Missing the Option...
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Get your COVID booster and flu shots; they make for merrier holidays!
December 15, 2021 — Have you had your COVID-19 booster shot yet? Your holidays will be happier if you are healthy. By the first week of November, only one in...
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Letters to the Editor – December 2021
Delegates should have been vaccinated To the Editor: PEF should be sanctioned for not requiring vaccination by participants in the recent convention. SCOTT D. CICERO Ramsey, NJ Editor’s Note: First...
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Region 8 coordinator, 23 vacant PEF Executive Board seats filled in special election
December 15, 2021 — PEF fourth quarter special elections filled the post of Region 8 coordinator and 23 vacant seats on the PEF Executive Board. Balloting is still underway...
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New Year Brings Old and New Challenges
This Communicator update comes just days after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s first State of the State address. The PEF legislative team is hard at work analyzing the 237-page policy book she...
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PEF, other unions help members, families with financial burden of higher education
It has been a tough few years, physically, mentally and financially. For students graduating high school this summer, the race is on to secure financial aid and scholarships to lighten...
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