{"id":7058,"date":"2025-04-23T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:10:57","slug":"pef-in-the-news-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-4\/pef-in-the-news-10\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7060 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/WNYT-Logo-e1745951157691.png\" alt=\"News Channel 13 \" width=\"214\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF members speak out against parking price hike at SUNY Stony Brook<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Employees at SUNY Stony Brook could soon be facing a parking fee increase from $16.50 to $50, a 242 percent increase. Stony Brook employees who work at the University, Hospital and Cancer Center protested the potential hike in a rally outside a parking garage on April 9. PEF Executive Board Member and Statewide Health and Safety chair Amy Lee Pacholk said that PEF members and Stony Brook employees should not have to pay to go to work. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/video\/1630553\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the FOX 5 New York report.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7061 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/afl-cio.jpeg\" alt=\"AFL-CIO Logo \" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/afl-cio.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/afl-cio-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/afl-cio-125x125.jpeg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF member joins chorus of workers raising the alarm on Medicaid funding cuts<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Healthcare workers and PEF members gathered at a forum hosted by the New York State AFL-CIO and Capital District Area Labor Federation on April 26 in Albany. U.S. Congressman, who represents Schenectady and Albany County as well as parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer, and Saratoga, was in attendance. Union members and healthcare professionals shared their concerns about the growing threat of government cuts to services, including healthcare and Medicaid. Kim Jensen is a Medical Assistance Specialist for the New York State Department of Health and a PEF Executive Board member. Jensen said that a loss of Medicaid funding makes it more difficult for the State to provide medical care and prevent fraud or abuse of the system.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nysaflcio.org\/press-releases\/healthcare-forum\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to read more from the NYS AFL-CIO&#8217;s press release.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7059 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Fox5.jpg\" alt=\"Fox5 NY\" width=\"231\" height=\"96\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Spence quoted in New York State press release and PEF Health and Safety Director attends ceremony honoring Workers\u2019 Memorial Day<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New York State Governor Kathy Hochul marked <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-hochul-marks-workers-memorial-day\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Workers\u2019 Memorial Day<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on April 28 by announcing a social media and awareness campaign to continue the conversation around safety at the workplace.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">PEF held a ceremony <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to remember lives lost and recommit to the cause of worker health and safety at union headquarters. PEF Health and Safety Director Geraldine Stella attended the Department of Labor ceremony in Albany on behalf of the union.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/capital-region-news\/ceremony-held-to-honor-fallen-state-workers\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the story on WNYT.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEF members speak out against parking price hike at SUNY Stony Brook\u00a0 Employees at SUNY Stony Brook could soon be facing a parking fee increase from $16.50 to $50, a&#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-7058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-43-no-4"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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