Meet your PS&T Contract Team
While the current 2019-2023 contract between PEF and the state does not expire until April 1, 2023, the union just opened negotiations on our next contract for the Professional, Scientific...
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Contract Administration: Helping your Contract Team negotiate the best contract, monitoring implementation and enforcing members contractual rights
Editor’s Note: This is the third in our continuing series “What Can PEF Do For You?” highlighting the role PEF departments perform for the union membership. You can read the...
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Members set priorities for contract talks
An impressive 20 percent of the PEF membership responded to the recent contract survey, sharing their top concerns and priorities for negotiations. “We usually expect 10 to 15 percent of...
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Members come together to demand action on health and safety issues at Brooklyn state office building
Persistence is paying off for PEF members who work at 55 Hanson Place in Brooklyn, where renovations to the state office building have forced staff to work in cold, noise,...
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Giving thanks while continuing to advocate
It’s hard to believe, but 2022 is almost over. It’s been a year of great accomplishments for PEF, but I’ll spare you the full litany of the union’s accomplishments until...
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Keep an eye on your public sector job: Staying ahead of AI and tech trends
In November 2020, after 66 years, toll collectors along the New York State Thruway signed off for the last time. All 1,100 of them — 200 full-time, 900 part-time —...
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UNION LEADER SPOTLIGHT: Scarlett Ahmed
This is the first in a series of Q&As with Union leaders across the state. If you have a suggestion for a profile, please email communicator@pef.org. How long have...
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Hard work doesn’t scare this nurse
Among the tens of thousands of PEF members, nurses represent the largest title group. They work in very diverse settings across the state, like Hutchings Psychiatric Center. That’s where Margaret...
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Letters to the Editor: November 2022
Questions timing of negotiations To the Editor: Contract negotiations in November, right after an election, is worthless. I’ve been asking for months to begin in the summer, when CSEA negotiated. ...
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Retirees in Action: NYS retirement fund strong, exemplary
I recently came across a report from The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), which finds that state and local government retirement systems on the whole successfully navigated the 2007...
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