{"id":4600,"date":"2024-03-07T11:45:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=4600"},"modified":"2024-03-26T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:55:59","slug":"pef-solidarity-on-display-in-the-community-and-the-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-2\/pef-solidarity-on-display-in-the-community-and-the-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF solidarity on display in the community and the Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first quarter of each year is always a busy time for this union.\u00a0 The State Legislature is in session, soliciting feedback from PEF and other stakeholders as they formalize the budget. The halls of the Capitol in Albany echo with advocates pushing their priority issues at rallies and press conferences.\u00a0 PEF has been an active participant at many of those, including calls to save SUNY Downstate and Fix Tier 6 of the pension plan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this issue, we have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-2\/downstate-rally\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">coverage of a major rally held outside SUNY Downstate on Feb. 29<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, featuring multiple unions, nearly a dozen concerned lawmakers, Rev. Al Sharpton and more than 1,200 Downstate workers, union members and community activists \u2013 all speaking with one voice to say: \u201cBrooklyn Needs Downstate!\u201d\u00a0 This is a fight PEF has waged before, in 2012, when former Governor Cuomo wanted to privatize this critical healthcare hub in Central Brooklyn.\u00a0 After more than a decade of disinvestment and neglect, we\u2019re fighting again to make sure SUNY Downstate stays open and can continue to deliver quality services to a community that deserves it.\u00a0 PEF has created a mobile billboard to travel around the Capitol and State agencies in Albany, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-2\/pef-gathers-elected-leaders-nyc-clergy-for-discussion-about-suny-downstate\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">we invited clergy leaders from Brooklyn up to Albany on March 4-5<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to meet with legislators and share stories about how vital Downstate is to their congregations.\u00a0 All these actions have raised community awareness about the issue and I\u2019m hopeful that the SUNY chancellor\u2019s misguided plan to transition services from Downstate to Kings County Hospital will not be part of this year\u2019s budget.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On another front, PEF is very involved in the multi-union campaign to \u201cFix Tier 6\u201d of the State pension plan.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Secretary Treasurer Joe Donahue took part in a rally this week <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at the Capitol that filled two levels of the Million Dollar Staircase and attracted nearly a dozen supporting lawmakers.\u00a0 We successfully lowered the number of required years of service for vesting in Tier 6 from 10 to 5 in 2022 and I believe there is momentum this year to bring more changes to the Tier so that New York can attract and retain more to fill the rampant staffing shortages across agencies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The State\u2019s budget is due April 1, so if you have not yet sent letters to your local lawmakers about PEF\u2019s priorities, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/budget\/letters-weve-got-letters\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">please take a minute to do so<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 Elected officials really pay attention when their constituents make their voices heard.\u00a0 We\u2019ve assembled them all here and it takes just a few minutes.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are plenty more stories worth reading in this issue of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Communicator<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 from <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">contract money paying out this Spring <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to features about inspiring members at the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">NYS Fire Protection Service <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8212; and so I will let you get reading.\u00a0 Thank you, as always, for your public service and your PEF pride.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Solidarity,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wayne Spence<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF President<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first quarter of each year is always a busy time for this union.\u00a0 The State Legislature is in session, soliciting feedback from PEF and other stakeholders as they formalize&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-4600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-42-no-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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