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If you have been wondering when you will get your retroactive pay, you are not alone.\u00a0 PEF President Wayne Spence told the PEF Executive Board at its August 26-27 meeting in Albany that the Office of the State Comptroller is working to make all of the calculations and prepare the payments.<\/p>\n

Since that meeting, the State has notified PEF that members will receive retroactive base salary increases in their November paychecks.<\/p>\n

It was the union\u2019s first in-person board meeting since the pandemic forced an emergency \u201cpause\u201d in normal government operations in March 2020.<\/p>\n

PEF President Wayne Spence highlighted the union\u2019s top issues at this time:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Telecommuting<\/li>\n
  2. COVID-19 vaccination and testing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Spence also took time to recognize Contract Administration Director Debra Greenberg and Contract Administration attorney Ed Aluck for their skill negotiating the 2019-2023 PS&T contract.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe state relentlessly tried to make us give up things we hold dear and repeatedly said that if we didn\u2019t give them up, we would not get a contract,\u201d Spence said.\u00a0 \u201cBut Debra Greenberg was also relentless in catching the state\u2019s many sneaky efforts to get us to agree to time keeping and to de-professionalize us.\u201d\u00a0 Spence added that he will recognize the entire PEF bargaining team at the convention.<\/p>\n

    \"\"2021 PEF Convention<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Much of the board\u2019s time at this meeting was spent debating whether PEF should move forward with its plans to hold its annual convention this October in Niagara Falls, rather than hold it virtually to avoid any COVID-19 risk.<\/p>\n

    The nationwide surge in COVID infections prompted some board members to say they are too worried about the risk of bringing so many members together.\u00a0 Because the matter had been previously decided by the board in favor of an in-person convention, overturning that decision required two-thirds of the board to support the change.\u00a0 The support for a virtual convention did not reach that standard and, therefore, the plans for the Niagara Falls convention are going forward.<\/p>\n

    The PEF Convention Committee is looking into whether it can offer a COVID-19 testing site and\/or a vaccination site at the convention.<\/p>\n

    Some board members asked if delegates could get single rooms, instead of sharing. \u00a0The Convention Committee said yes, but delegates will have to pay for the additional cost.\u00a0 It will also mean more hotels will be used and commute time between the hotels and the convention center may be longer.<\/p>\n

    The board debated, amended and approved the union\u2019s state and federal legislative agendas for 2022 that will be presented to convention delegates for adoption.<\/p>\n

    Special elections<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Changes to the Rules for Special Elections to fill mid-term vacancies in offices and on the board were also debated and approved by the board.\u00a0 The changes were recommended by the PEF Special Elections Committee and include amendments to the PEF Code of Ethics regarding all election activities.\u00a0 Among numerous other changes, nominating petitions currently will not be available from PEF headquarters or regional offices.\u00a0 The petitions may be found on the PEF website (starting October 13 at 9 a.m. for the first quarterly special election following the triennial election) or you can call the PEF Divisions department at headquarters and request that nominating petitions be mailed to you.\u00a0 Completed petitions must be returned by mail or scanned and emailed to the PEF Special Elections Committee.<\/p>\n

    Division elections<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The board also decided to discontinue an emergency policy that allows members who want to run to fill vacant seats in PEF division elections to nominate themselves.\u00a0 This applies to all division elections started after August 26.<\/p>\n

    Hazardous duty pay<\/strong><\/p>\n

    President Spence stepped away from the meeting briefly to join a conference call with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the leaders of nearly 50 labor unions.\u00a0 Spence told Gov. Hochul that hazard pay for PEF members who were deemed essential and who have continued to work on the front lines throughout the pandemic is a major issue for this union.<\/p>\n

    \"\"Fund Our Future<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Dan Carpenter, PEF\u2019s director of organizing, reported that he and other PEF staff have been holding events all over the state to thank members for their amazing work throughout the pandemic.\u00a0 He said that since June 2021, when the hiring freeze was lifted, 349 of the state\u2019s 436 new PS&T unit hires have joined PEF, but even that high level of unity is not good enough.\u00a0 Reaching out to new employees has been much more difficult because of the need for social distancing and with so many state employees working from home, but it must remain a top priority.<\/p>\n

    Vice President Randi DiAntonio, who chairs PEF\u2019s Political Action Committee, said the PS&T unit has been steadily reduced by state budget cuts, staff cuts, hiring freezes, and privatization.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe have lost more than 5,000 positions in NY state government since Andrew Cuomo took office as governor,\u201d DiAntonio said.\u00a0 PEF is now building a coalition called \u2018Fund Our Future,\u2019 in partnership with its parent unions (American Federation of Teachers and the Service Employees International Union).<\/p>\n

    \u201cThis is a multi-year campaign,\u201d Carpenter said, \u201cand it\u2019s got to be a lot bigger than just PEF.\u201d<\/p>\n

    While the campaign is big, the focus on individual members is critical, DiAntonio said.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe need to raise the visibility of our members\u2019 work and educate the public about what we do,\u201d DiAntonio said.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to show how our members impart their values in service to their communities, as well as the important things they do on their jobs and the obstacles, such as short staffing, that are in their way.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The public should know that state employees have put in 19 million hours of overtime during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

    PEF wants you to take an online survey (available here) to help the union start gathering information and training activists for the campaign.\u00a0 The success of the campaign will hinge on the level of energy and support you provide. As DiAntonio said: \u201cWe all have to be in this together and rowing in the same direction!\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe will offer workshops on this campaign to our convention delegates, and we will be recording testimonials from the delegates.\u00a0 We need all hands on deck!\u00a0 If we don\u2019t take on this issue, we cannot win it,\u201d DiAntonio added.<\/p>\n

    PEF finances<\/strong><\/p>\n

    PEF Secretary-Treasurer Joe Donahue reported that the union has nearly $19.8 million in net cash and investments based on the union\u2019s unaudited figures. (The PEF audit for the fiscal year 2020-21, is included in this issue of The Communicator,\u00a0available here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

    \u201cOur investment income is up and expenses are down, mainly because of the pandemic,\u201d Donahue said.\u00a0 However, he cautioned that \u201cthe stock market can change in a minute and our convention is likely to cost more than we budgeted for it.\u201d\u00a0 He added that as the state workforce continues to lose employees, PEF continues to see its membership and dues income slowly decrease.<\/p>\n

    Donahue reminded PEF divisions and regions that they must include all items purchased with PEF funds on their inventory and financial reports they submit to his office.<\/p>\n

    Recruiting new state employees to join the union, and keeping members engaged and participating is extremely important, Donahue stressed.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have a new contract if it weren\u2019t for member engagement,\u201d Donahue said.<\/p>\n

    Other business<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The board elected three of its members to serve on the PEF advisory committee to the PEF Political Action Committee.\u00a0 The committee is chaired by Vice President Randi DiAntonio.\u00a0 Elected at the meeting to serve on the committee are Scarlett Ahmed, Conrad Davis and Vincent Cicatello.<\/p>\n

    Don Morgenstern reported on his efforts to raise member donations to COPE (the Committee on Political Education).\u00a0 Under federal law, voluntary donations to COPE are the only monies PEF may contribute to candidates for federal office.<\/p>\n

    New York was headed for a dire budget shortfall because of the pandemic that would have necessitated deep budget, program and staffing cuts, but thanks to the strong efforts of New York\u2019s representatives in Washington, and especially U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the state is receiving enough federal aid to stave off a financial crisis.<\/p>\n

    While about 50 percent of other unions contribute to their COPE funds, only about 4 percent of PEF\u2019s members and retirees donate. \u00a0PEF Division 407 at Metro Developmental Disabilities Services Office in the Bronx is the only PEF division hitting above the 50 percent donor level.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe must at least replace the 150 donors that we lost,\u201d Morgenstern said.\u00a0 \u201cThe campaign depends on local leaders educating their members about why these donations matter so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The next meeting of the PEF Executive Board will be at the end of the year, December 9-10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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