• Membership ‘blitz’ brings PEF organizers to doors and worksites across the Capital Region

    Membership ‘blitz’ brings PEF organizers to doors and worksites across the Capital Region

    Dozens of volunteers from PEF and local American Federation of Teachers (AFT) unions throughout the country converged on Albany at the end of April to take part in a week-long...

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  • United Way honors PEF members at Upstate

    United Way honors PEF members at Upstate

    The United Way of Central New York recently recognized PEF members at SUNY Upstate University Medical Center for their hard work and service to the community.  “It’s more than just...

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  • New regional coordinator,  Executive Board members elected

    New regional coordinator, Executive Board members elected

    The results of PEF’s April 2022 Special Elections are in.  Shelby Wisneski was elected Region 2 coordinator, taking over for Andrew Puleo, who joined the PEF staff as an organizer...

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  • Unions in the News – May 2022

    Unions in the News – May 2022

    President Biden praises union organizers Six union organizers from Starbucks to Amazon visited the White House this month and sat down with Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty...

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  • Engaging with members, celebrating PEF’s nurses

    Engaging with members, celebrating PEF’s nurses

    This update of the May issue of The Communicator comes after the first leg of our Statewide Officers Tour, which covered PEF regions 10-12 the week of May 16-20.  We have lots...

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  • Legislators support PEF nurses’ call to boost pay, staffing

    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

    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

    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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  • Ida Jane Anderson, New York’s first registered nurse

    Ida Jane Anderson, New York’s first registered nurse

    Oh, the graduates of 1902 We’re the kind That were always true blue Their work never shirking, With no interne’s flirting, Those nurses of 1902.  Those are the words...

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  • PEF Relief Fund collects more than $2,600 for Ukraine

    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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