PEP enrollment starts today!
Members who wish to take advantage of the 2022 Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP), which allows members to exchange previously accrued annual leave (vacation) and/or personal leave in return for credit...
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Justice Center honors PEF member Evelyn Wilson
The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs honored PEF member Evelyn Wilson, a social work assistant at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, N.Y.,,...
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Retirees in Action: Dems battling drug makers over high prices
November 4, 2021 — The fight over allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and use the savings to expand guaranteed dental, hearing and vision benefits, is continuing on Capitol...
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Ready to retire? Join PEF Retirees; It’s looking out for you
We’ve just turned the page on summer, celebrated Labor Day and now we’re heading into fall. The Delta variant is extending the never ending Covid-19 pandemic, causing many workers to...
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Happy Thanksgiving from PEF!
November 18, 2021 — This update to November’s Communicator arrives shortly before Thanksgiving. I hope those of you who can safely do so enjoy some well-deserved time with friends and...
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2021 Trustee Report
PEF Trustees’ Report to the 2021 Convention Delegates. Presented at the 43rd Annual Convention in Niagara Falls, NY. October 24th – 27st, 2021 Submitted by Christopher Buman, Bruce Giddings,...
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The fight for the public good needs all hands on deck
What do you do for the people of New York? The answers given during the “In the Public Interest” workshop at the 2021 PEF Convention ranged widely, from archaeology to...
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The power of a COVID worksite assessment
The best way to fight back against health and safety issues in the workplace is to know what is going on at the worksite. “The first step to making changes...
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Letters to the Editor – November 2021
Stop enabling non-vaxers To the Editor: Barring a true medical reason (rare), any of the nurses that don’t get vaccinated deserve to get fired. Stop enabling them. DAVID PRATT Henrietta...
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Saluting members on their retirements
October 4, 2021 — PEF’s gratitude and best wishes go out to its members who are retiring and moving on to the next chapter of their lives. The union hopes...
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