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February 17, 2023 —<\/em><\/p>\n

President Spence weighs in on workforce crisis<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

With a looming shortage of more than 12,500 state workers, the governor\u2019s budget calls for investing more than $18 million in programs to boost the lagging workforce.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF President Wayne Spence was quoted in an Albany Times Union article on the state of the state\u2019s workforce: \u201cPEF is very pleased that Gov. Hochul advanced a concrete plan to rebuild the state workforce to ensure the continued efficient and effective delivery of all state services.\u201d PEF will testify before a joint budget hearing about rebuilding the State Workforce on March 1.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to read more.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla workers launch union campaign, firings follow a day later<\/b> <\/span><\/h3>\n

Several employees at a Tesla factory in Buffalo were fired a day after launching union organizing efforts, according to Tesla Workers United, but the company says they\u2019re not related.<\/p>\n

The workers received an email February 15 updating them on a new policy that prohibits them from recording workplace meetings without all participants\u2019 permission. The fledgling union, Tesla Workers United, says this\u00a0violates federal labor law and ignores\u00a0New York\u2019s one-party consent law.<\/p>\n

Tesla said the firings are not related to the unionization efforts.<\/p>\n

If the union drive is successful, it would be the first for Tesla, which has avoided unionization at U.S. facilities, despite the fact many major automobile manufacturers have unionized plants in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n

\"RPI<\/p>\n

Dorm resident assistants want to unionize<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Resident assistants who work in the dorms at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy are unionizing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Seventy-six percent of the resident assistants signed petitions to form a union, which is enough to allow the union to form without an election if RPI agrees. If the college doesn\u2019t, there will be an election, most likely in the spring.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to read more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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