• Attorney General James, Congresswoman Meng bring insights to PEF Women’s event

    Attorney General James, Congresswoman Meng bring insights to PEF Women’s event

    “Strengthening Women’s Leadership” was the subject of the final Women’s History Month program offered by the PEF Statewide Women’s Committee March 30 via Zoom, and it featured state Attorney General...

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  • Executive Board approves 2022-23 budget, hears from gubernatorial candidates

    Executive Board approves 2022-23 budget, hears from gubernatorial candidates

      March 29, 2022 — The PEF Executive Board met March 24 and 25 in Troy, N.Y., voting on the 2022-23 budget, hearing from three gubernatorial candidates and conducting other...

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  • Spence garners repeated citations for leadership, influence in NYS

    Spence garners repeated citations for leadership, influence in NYS

    PEF President Wayne Spence’s unflagging advocacy for the union’s members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have attracted praise and attention from a variety of news organizations already this year. City And...

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  • Alice Hamilton: A pioneer in occupational health

    Alice Hamilton: A pioneer in occupational health

    April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, a day when we honor those who died or were injured on the job. In the 19th century, workplace hazards were not really studied...

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  • MBP Family Fun Days coming; Get your family day tickets beginning 4/5/2022

    MBP Family Fun Days coming; Get your family day tickets beginning 4/5/2022

    If you are sick of the cold and long for summer fun, the PEF Membership Benefits Program (PEF MBP) has just what you need. “We are very happy to announce...

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  • News You Can Use

    News You Can Use

    Contractual raises and performance awards   Your paycheck is about to get a little bigger!  Two percent contractual raises went into effect March 31 for Administrative payroll and April 7 for...

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  • Budget Negotiations Show PEF’s Power

    Budget Negotiations Show PEF’s Power

    This Communicator update comes just days after the first PEF Executive Board meeting of 2022.  Board members heard from three candidates running for New York governor, including the current...

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  • Nurses share stories of short staffing, mandatory overtime and toxic workplace culture with legislators during Lobby Day

    Nurses share stories of short staffing, mandatory overtime and toxic workplace culture with legislators during Lobby Day

    March 9, 2022 — Never has the spotlight shone so brightly on the health care profession than during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why now is the perfect time for PEF...

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  • Parole officers protect public from illegal guns, weapons

    Parole officers protect public from illegal guns, weapons

      March 9, 2022 — Illegal guns and other weapons are part of a growing problem of violent crime in communities nationwide. Getting them off the streets has created a...

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  • Back up and running: NYC members revitalize regional Women’s Committee 

    Back up and running: NYC members revitalize regional Women’s Committee 

    March 10, 2022 — With Women’s History Month in March, it’s fitting that PEF leaders in New York City are reviving the NYC Women’s Committee – with Michele Rosello chairing the...

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