{"id":7782,"date":"2025-09-22T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7782"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:09:51","slug":"pef-in-the-news-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-8\/pef-in-the-news-12\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3801 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Specturm.jpg\" alt=\"Spectrum News 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"82\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sept. 11 ceremony featured on Spectrum News\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF held its annual Sept. 11 memorial ceremony, honoring and remembering the 34 members who were killed in the terrorist attacks in New York City. Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/news\/2025\/09\/11\/memories-from-9-11-ripple-across-upstate-ceremonies-24-years-later\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for a story on remembrances across the region, featuring PEF\u2019s event at\u00a0 the union\u2019s headquarters in Latham.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2692 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/City-Feature.jpg\" alt=\"City and State New York Feature image\" width=\"235\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/City-Feature.jpg 640w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/City-Feature-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Spence recognized for labor contributions<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two prominent listings of top labor leaders recently featured President Wayne Spence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><\/i> <i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New York CaribNews <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">honored President Spence as one of its Jamaica Power 100 and named him one of the country\u2019s top labor leaders. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A.Spence-Carib-News.jpg\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read the article here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">City &amp; State <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">also ranked him No. 13 on its \u201cLabor Power 100.\u201d The list features New York\u2019s most influential union leaders and worker advocates. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/power-lists\/2025\/08\/2025-labor-power-100\/407547\/?oref=csny-category-lander-featured-river#wayne-spence\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">You can read that article here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7785 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/TU-Sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/TU-Sized.jpg 500w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/TU-Sized-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State Education Department leader writes newspaper commentary<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF member Aaron Noble, a senior historian at the New York State Museum and the assistant council leader of PEF Division 194, authored a commentary in the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Albany Times Union<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on the damage the Trump Administration is doing to cultural education by gutting funding and dictating programming at world-class museums. 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