PEF Relief Fund collects more than $2,600 for Ukraine
Fifty members donated a total of $2,373 and Region 2 donated $250 to support workers and union members in Ukraine as they continue to face hardships resulting from Russia’s ongoing...
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PEF Telephone Town Hall provides contract, state budget updates
PEF President Wayne Spence and Legislative Director Patrick Lyons updated members in a telephone town hall April 20 on how the union’s preparations for contract negotiations are progressing, and how...
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Unions in the News
Second Amazon facility eyes unionizing After the successful union organizing campaign at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, the warehouse across the street, LDJ5, is following in their coworkers’ footsteps....
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PEF shares Fund Our Future info with other SEIU locals
The leaders of other SEIU local public employee unions throughout the country learned about PEF’s Fund Our Future campaign in a virtual meeting April 14, where PEF President Wayne Spence...
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Cultural resource preservation takes PEF member on a journey through New York’s history
To help ensure its preservation, the state Department of Education created the Cultural Resource Survey Program (CRSP) in 1958 to help other state agencies meet historic preservation mandates. Staff dig...
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New York State answers PEF’s call to Fund Our Future
Happy Spring PEF brothers and sisters! This time of year always brings optimism, but the New York State Legislature and Governor have given us extra reasons to be hopeful this...
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State budget delivers big wins for PEF
State budgets are usually a mixed bag, at best, for PEF members, but this year the 2022-23 state budget is mainly good news. The last of the state budget bills...
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How do you keep public safe, but avoid over-policing?
April 12, 2022 — Criminal justice and public safety weighed heavily on the minds of New Yorkers attending the 2022 New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic &...
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PEF lends a hand to SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles
April 12, 2022 — Solidarity. It’s a word you hear often in the organized labor movement. And for good reason. The fight for a fair contract, good benefits and safe...
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Everyday PEF Heroines Recognized
For the second year in a row, during Women’s History month in March, PEF recognized and celebrated female members who have demonstrated significant accomplishments or leadership. Members were asked to...
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