{"id":4141,"date":"2023-12-15T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2023-12-19T11:14:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:14:42","slug":"pef-blast-from-the-past-union-efforts-prevent-layoffs-in-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-10\/pef-blast-from-the-past-union-efforts-prevent-layoffs-in-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF Blast from the Past: Union efforts prevent layoffs in 1987\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast.jpg\" alt=\"Blast from the past\n\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/BlastFromThePast-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>December 21, 2023 &#8212;<\/em> Rallies and grassroots organizing are one of the strongest tools any labor union can use to make their voices heard on an issue. In 1987, when budget cuts threatened the livelihood of many PEF members, more than 1,000 members from across the state assembled in Albany for what media at the time called the largest public demonstration in the state capital by a single labor union.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cProposed budget cuts will devastate essential programs in the Labor Department, Mental Health and Mental Retarda<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tion,\u201d then-PEF President Rand Condell said at the demonstration, held March 30, 1987 in Albany at the Capitol. \u201cH<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">undreds of dedicated state employees will be forced out of their jobs. The public will be robbed of services.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thanks largely to PEF\u2019s rally and lobbying, lawmakers passed a bill to fund the Department of Labor with an additional $3 million to protect against layoffs until the federal government could provide additional funds. The bill also saved about 130 jobs at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 1987, PEF was not yet a decade old and the win demonstrated the growing union\u2019s power and influence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thirty-six years later and PEF still relies on member advocacy and large-scale gatherings to show lawmakers our solidarity, as in the Sept. 21, 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/press-releases\/union-rally-to-end-toxic-work-environments-and-expose-bullying\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">rally against toxic work environments<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">held during the fall meeting of the PEF Executive Board in Albany.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4147\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Scan-online1.jpg\" alt=\"Communicator Scan \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Scan-online1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Scan-online1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Scan-online1-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Scan-online1-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Scan-online1-1179x1536.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21, 2023 &#8212; Rallies and grassroots organizing are one of the strongest tools any labor union can use to make their voices heard on an issue. 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