{"id":9116,"date":"2026-06-12T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=9116"},"modified":"2026-06-13T07:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:38:27","slug":"special-eboard-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-5\/special-eboard-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Board approves text of five-year PS&amp;T tentative contract; dues-paying members now have final say\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9152 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/SS-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Executive Board Special Session\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/>On June 11, 2026, the PEF Executive Board convened a Special Session to consider the negotiated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef_files\/docs\/contract\/2026-31\/Tentative-Agreement.pdf\">2026-2031 tentative agreement<\/a> for<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">all PEF-represented members of the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (PS&amp;T) unit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Board members were presented with the tentative contract and asked questions about various aspects of it during a vigorous debate. A roll call vote to approve the full text and send it the membership for ratification was then held, and the final tally was 91 yes, 1 no, and 1 abstain.\u00a0 Per PEF policy, when a roll call is conducted by the Executive Board, the results are published for members to review. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Roll-Call-Vote-EboardSpecialSession-26.pdf\">Here is how each Executive Board member voted<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dues-paying members of the PS&amp;T unit will now have the final say during a ratification vote.\u00a0 The timeline for the vote is still being finalized, and will be shared with members via email, social media, and the PEF website and app. A <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Special Communicator Edition<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will be printed later this month and mailed to dues-paying members who are eligible to vote on the contract. It will contain the full agreement, plus a look at the highlights and the gains and tradeoffs. In the meantime, the documents will be made available for member review on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/contract\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">PEF website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as they are finalized.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 11, 2026, the PEF Executive Board convened a Special Session to consider the negotiated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef_files\/docs\/contract\/2026-31\/Tentative-Agreement.pdf\">2026-2031 tentative agreement<\/a> for all PEF-represented members of the Professional, Scientific and Technical&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9149,"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-9116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-5"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Board approves text of five-year PS&amp;T tentative contract; 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