{"id":6496,"date":"2025-01-23T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:12:32","slug":"record-cope-contributions-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-1\/record-cope-contributions-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Record COPE contributions in 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6497 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Cope-YR-Web.jpg\" alt=\"COPE Year in Review 2024\" width=\"400\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Cope-YR-Web.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Cope-YR-Web-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>January 30, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> PEF members, retirees, and PEF\u2019s M\/C staff broke records with their contributions to the Committee on Political Education (COPE) in 2024. Active members gave $203,587, an almost 16% increase; retirees contributed $72,659, a 21% increase; and M\/C PEF staff contributed $2,056, more than double the amount they gave in 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOur members, retirees, and staff are recognizing the importance of fighting for the right to be in a union, fighting for safety on the job and fighting to preserve Social Security and Medicare, as well as to lobby to bring more federal dollars into New York,\u201d said COPE Coordinator Don Morgenstern. \u201cIn 2024, we set PEF records for the amount contributed to COPE and for the number of members, retirees and M\/C staff who participate.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The total number of members and retirees giving rose more than 9%, from 2,650 in 2023, to 2,895 in 2024. The highest contributing Divisions were:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Division 407: Metro NY DDSO \u2013 Bronx, with 65.7% of members contributing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Division 207: Bernard Fineson \u2013 Queens, with 32.6% of members contributing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Division 167: Western NY DDSO \u2013 West Seneca, with 31.8% of members contributing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Division 351: Law Department \u2013 Regions 10, 11, and 12, with 30.8% of members contributing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The total PEF COPE income for 2024 was $283,487 (AFT and SEIU each receiving $141,744).\u00a0 For the first time, PEF is on pace to surpass SEIU\u2019s goal in 2025.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFully 40% of the New York State budget comes from federal dollars and many of our agencies rely on those dollars to serve the people of New York,\u201d said President Wayne Spence. \u201cIt is imperative that we have a seat at the table when it comes to advocating on behalf of that funding and COPE gives us that power.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COPE contributions help PEF advocate for federal legislation, funding and policies that support union priorities such as fair labor and wage laws; healthy and safe workplaces; Social Security, Medicare and pension protections; and other issues important to PEF members and their families.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Active PEF members can sign up for COPE electronically by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/log-in\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">clicking here to log into the Member\u2019s only section<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the website. Retirees can email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:cope@pef.org\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">COPE@pef.org<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and request a signup form be sent to them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 30, 2025 &#8212; PEF members, retirees, and PEF\u2019s M\/C staff broke records with their contributions to the Committee on Political Education (COPE) in 2024. 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