{"id":661,"date":"2021-10-14T09:16:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=661"},"modified":"2021-10-18T16:38:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T20:38:22","slug":"vp-diantonio-serves-as-panelist-discusses-threats-to-public-services-and-pefs-fund-our-future-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-39-no-8\/vp-diantonio-serves-as-panelist-discusses-threats-to-public-services-and-pefs-fund-our-future-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"VP DiAntonio serves as panelist, discusses threats to public services and PEF\u2019s Fund Our Future campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-663\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/RDiantonio.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PEF Vice President Randi DiAntonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Labor leaders from across the country came together September 30 for a webinar on threats to the public service sector, discussing the devastating impact of privatization on the services public employees provide.<\/p>\n<p>PEF Vice President Randi DiAntonio served as a panelist and shared the situation in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the backbone of New York state government,\u201d DiAntonio said. \u201cWe have been under constant threat for well over the last decade. It has been devastating. We\u2019ve suffered through years of budget mismanagement; years of not backfilling positions. We have a former governor who put an arbitrary 2 percent cap on state agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York has privatized public jobs and services at an alarming rate,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the same time, we have an aging workforce and many retirements, all compromising our ability to deliver critical services that our communities rely on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiAntonio called out the state\u2019s design-build flaws as an example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have people designing and building the bridges and roads we drive on with our children,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are also the ones inspecting the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For decades, we have been underfunded and under resourced.\u00a0 This has led to increased closures and consolidations of public facilities, reliance on private health care and developmentally disabled service providers, 5,000 state job vacancies, stagnant wages, overworked and stressed-out employees \u2013 all then exacerbated by COVID \u2013 amounting to a state in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>But, the struggles also afford a chance for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found ourselves right in the spotlight as far as the need for quality public services,\u201d DiAntonio said. \u201cWe were the first ones hitting the front-lines on COVID in New Rochelle. There were 19 million hours of overtime in 2020 alone. We didn\u2019t have the bodies we needed so we had to rely on what we did have. Average citizens became frustrated when they couldn\u2019t access the services they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a renewed interest in public services and the struggles of public servants, DiAntonio said it is time to change the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe realized we have been talking about austerity and privatization for many, many years, but the average citizen couldn\u2019t relate to that lingo, it was insider baseball,\u201d she said. \u201cWe realized we needed to change our approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe at PEF decided we have to start fighting differently,\u201d she said. \u201cWe started asking the questions, what do public services mean to citizens? Why should they care? What does a society that puts people first look like? How do we build alliances to grow public services?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Out of those questions and the need to fight privatization and increase support of the public workforce grew a new campaign \u2013 Fund Our Future for a Thriving New York. Focusing on public health, public safety, public oversight, expanding the civil service workforce and expanding the safety net, Fund Our Future will look to PEF members to be the face of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that our members are our strongest weapon,\u201d DiAntonio said. \u201cWe know that most New Yorkers don\u2019t really know what we do for them. We\u2019re not out there on TV talking about it unless there is a crisis. People used to look down on civil servants, but they now know we do the work of heroes. Members are the best ones to relay that message to other citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PEF will be recording video testimonials with delegates at the October convention about the vital work they do for New York. 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