November 15, 2021 — The state must hire more mental health nurses and other professionals to meet the mounting demands of New Yorkers throughout the state. But the state can’t...
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In written testimony submitted to the Mental Health Joint Legislative Budget Hearing Committee February 5, President Wayne Spence urged the state to reconsider privatizing public mental health services, facility closures...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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