PEF appoints new contract team for next PS&T contract
December 14, 2021 — The PEF Executive Board endorsed New York’s senior U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for re-election in 2022 at the board’s quarterly...
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PEF nurses to Assembly Committee: Health care sector needs better pay, better benefits and an end to outsourcing
As the saying goes, “Don’t make the same mistake twice.” That’s why PEF nurses appeared before the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Higher Education and Labor last...
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‘Less is More’: Less resources, less services, less funding, more crime
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — PEF parole officers and victims’ advocates rallied outside the Hall of Justice in Rochester November 22 to denounce the “Less is More” parole reform law and call out its serious repercussions for community safety, parole supervision and crime victims. “Less is...
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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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