• 11 vacant seats filled on PEF Executive Board

    11 vacant seats filled on PEF Executive Board

    PEF’s first quarterly special elections of 2022 filled 11 vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board.  The candidates for these seats are automatically seated as the only certified candidates.  They...

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  • Keeping OPWDD running takes staff and commitment to clients

    Keeping OPWDD running takes staff and commitment to clients

      Members working at the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities provide a host of services to New York’s most vulnerable population. During the October 2021 PEF Convention in Niagara...

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  • PEF set to observe Women’s History Month

    PEF set to observe Women’s History Month

    Women’s History Month was established by Congress in 1987. In his March 1987 proclamation, President Ronald Reagan stated: “I call upon all Americans to mark this month with appropriate observances...

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  • REMINDER: Retroactive reimbursement deadline is March 1

    REMINDER: Retroactive reimbursement deadline is March 1

    The deadline  for applying for retroactive reimbursement through PEF’s Article 15 Educational Benefit programs is quickly approaching.  Members applying for retroactive reimbursement for the CTR, NECTR, WSR, NEWSR, and CLEFR...

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  • Black women led the way in organizing labor

    Black women led the way in organizing labor

    Domestic workers organized some of the earliest labor unions, and Black women who knew the importance of workers’ rights stepped up to lead them. With Black History Month recognized in...

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  • PEF member oversees DEC youth summer camps program

    PEF member oversees DEC youth summer camps program

      Safety, fun, learning. That’s the unofficial motto of the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) summer environmental education camps — Camp Colby, Camp DeBruce, Camp Rushford and Camp Pack...

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  • PEF updates members at Telephone Town Hall

    PEF updates members at Telephone Town Hall

    PEF members who joined the union’s telephone town hall on Feb. 2 received updates on a broad range of issues from retroactive longevity pay to telecommuting and the state budget. ...

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  • This year’s budget fightback theme? Fund Our Future!

    This year’s budget fightback theme? Fund Our Future!

    Last month, Gov. Kathy Hochul presented her first Executive Budget proposal.  It was a first in many ways – the first time a woman governor had delivered one, of course,...

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  • PEF scientists study COVID vaccine effectiveness, inform public health response

    PEF scientists study COVID vaccine effectiveness, inform public health response

    Vaccinations and boosters: How effective are they against preventing serious illness or death? What about reinfections? New variants? Two years into the pandemic, there are still so many questions that...

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  • Proposed state budget has potential, but will it work?

    Proposed state budget has potential, but will it work?

    Thanks to federal aid and increased revenues, the state’s Executive Budget proposal avoids massive cuts to services and even contains resources to address many issues. For PEF members, the most...

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