PEF steps up for nurse who was attacked on the job
September 8, 2025 — “I come to work to do my job. I don’t come to get hurt or attacked.” Those words from Rachelle Charles, a registered nurse at Pilgrim...
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State outlines expected payroll dates for delayed performance awards
September 8, 2025 — PEF recently received information from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) about the payment of some delayed 2025 performance awards. OSC previously acknowledged that there...
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Challenges for unions in 1995 are still being fought 30 years later
September 8, 2025 — “The fight for public services and against privatization is going to be a battle for many years.” These were the words PEF President Jim Sheedy wrote...
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Take Your Child to Work Day returns to NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
September 8, 2025 — The work done at the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) focuses on keeping New Yorkers safe and informed. They catalog fingerprints, records of arrest and...
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PEF mobilizes in the face of Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak in Harlem
August 22, 2025 — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was first detected on July 25 in the Central Harlem area of New York City. The New York City Health Department...
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DEC forester helps fight Colorado fires
September 8, 2025 — When lightning strikes started wildfires in San Juan National Forest in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at the beginning of August, New York wildland firefighters were first on...
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Nurse attacked while working at South Beach Psychiatric Center shares his story
August 8, 2025 — No one at PEF knew that September 17, 2024, would be such a life-changing day. As the union’s elected leaders, delegates and staff prepared for the...
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WCBS-TV interviews President Spence, PEF workplace violence victims
August 8, 2025 — WCBS-TV in New York City featured PEF members Peter Shiffman and Carl Ankrah, who were attacked by patients in 2024 and 2019 while working at state...
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Show our strength and solidarity on Labor Day
August 8, 2025 — On Saturday, September 6, PEF, along with dozens of other unions and the New York Central Labor Council will participate in New York City’s annual Labor...
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PEF Region 7 awards scholarships
August 8, 2025 — PEF Region 7 has awarded its 2025 Paul Normandeau Scholarship to Adrian Mirza and the 2025 Ellen Mainville Scholarship to Lilliana Morin. The Paul Normandeau Scholarship...
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