• 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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  • Members work to ensure high-quality K-12 education by helping schools with programs, policies, and oversight 

    Members work to ensure high-quality K-12 education by helping schools with programs, policies, and oversight 

    August 31, 2022 — Every student in New York deserves a quality education and PEF members at the State Education Department (SED) work daily to make sure educators across the...

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  • Statewide officers visit Western New York regions

    Statewide officers visit Western New York regions

    August 19, 2022 — From Long Island to Rochester, PEF’s top officers continued their tour of the state with visits to Regions 1, 2, and 3 in August – stopping...

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  • Celebrating the American worker on Labor Day

    Celebrating the American worker on Labor Day

    On Sept. 5, 1882, the first Labor Day celebration was held in New York City, with a picnic, concert, speeches, and a 10,000-strong worker parade from City Hall to Union...

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