Legislators support PEF nurses’ call to boost pay, staffing
The state Legislature was in session Tuesday, May 10, but at least 16 lawmakers ducked out of meetings at lunchtime to join PEF nurses at a press conference outside the...
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PEF organizer receives Diversity in Labor scholarship
The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies awarded downstate PEF organizer Lisa Pinkard-Adams a scholarship for Diversity in Labor, allowing her a full ride to study at the university. ...
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Verify your contact information at the Department of Civil Service
Please ensure that the Department of Civil Service (DCS) has your current contact information. When you are taking a written test, your mailing address is used to assign you to...
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PEF Relief Fund collects more than $2,600 for Ukraine
Fifty members donated a total of $2,373 and Region 2 donated $250 to support workers and union members in Ukraine as they continue to face hardships resulting from Russia’s ongoing...
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PEF Telephone Town Hall provides contract, state budget updates
PEF President Wayne Spence and Legislative Director Patrick Lyons updated members in a telephone town hall April 20 on how the union’s preparations for contract negotiations are progressing, and how...
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Unions in the News
Second Amazon facility eyes unionizing After the successful union organizing campaign at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, the warehouse across the street, LDJ5, is following in their coworkers’ footsteps....
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PEF shares Fund Our Future info with other SEIU locals
The leaders of other SEIU local public employee unions throughout the country learned about PEF’s Fund Our Future campaign in a virtual meeting April 14, where PEF President Wayne Spence...
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Cultural resource preservation takes PEF member on a journey through New York’s history
To help ensure its preservation, the state Department of Education created the Cultural Resource Survey Program (CRSP) in 1958 to help other state agencies meet historic preservation mandates. Staff dig...
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New York State answers PEF’s call to Fund Our Future
Happy Spring PEF brothers and sisters! This time of year always brings optimism, but the New York State Legislature and Governor have given us extra reasons to be hopeful this...
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