PEF nurse featured in news on Downstate
Nurse Cynthia Walker was interviewed on camera by NY 1 during a rally at SUNY Downstate.
“We don’t want to be relocated, we don’t want to go to a wing in another hospital, we want to stay here in our community. This is the governor’s hospital. This is a state hospital. This is her hospital.”
View the story here.
President Spence quoted in story on “inflation rebate”
Under a plan announced December 9, New York would offer a one-time payment of up to $500 to State taxpayers to help offset higher costs brought on by inflation in recent years.
The Governor’s Office quoted President Spence and other state labor leaders in its press release.
Read the story in the Times Union here. Read the press release here.
Governor announces pay increases
Thousands of PEF members will receive pay increases, including professional engineers, architects, land surveyors, landscape architects and geologists. To help improve recruitment and retention among the state’s workforce, approximately 2,600 employees across 18 state agencies will be receiving pay increases ranging from $7,000 to $13,500 depending on their position and geographic location.
PEF wrote about the story in this edition of The Pulse. WRGB-TV in Albany picked it up from the Governor’s press release, which quoted President Spence and other labor leaders.