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Apr 15, 2024Want to become a PEF Convention Delegate?
April 15, 2025 — The 46th annual PEF Convention is just five months away (Sept. 15-18, 2024) and now is the time for members to think about petitioning to become a delegate! It’s really quite simple and requires only a willingness to conduct the business of the union. To be eligible, members must be dues-paying...
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Apr 11, 2024Joint Telephone Town Hall updates members on SUNY Downstate fightback
April 11, 2024 — Since learning earlier this year about a plan to close SUNY Downstate, PEF and UUP have orchestrated a fightback campaign to make sure it does not happen. The two unions, along with concerned clergy in New York City, legislators in Albany, and Brooklyn community leaders have held rallies, meetings and marches...
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Apr 10, 2024Help for PEF member stabbed at Buffalo Psychiatric Center
On April 3, PEF member Edward Gordon was one of three staff members brutally attacked by a patient at Buffalo Psychiatric Center (BPC). Gordon works as a Residential Program Manager 2 at BPC. He suffered stab wounds to his abdomen and back and a laceration to his neck; one of his coworkers, a CSEA member,...
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Apr 10, 2024PEF Telephone Town Hall: April 9, 2024
Thank you to the thousands who listened in on the PEF Telephone Town Hall on April 9. If you missed it, a full audio recording is now available below. Here are some general time codes indicating what was discussed and when: 01:30 to 8:40: Higher Education Differential submission of proof deadline extended from March 29...
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Apr 10, 2024Check out the latest public service workshops!
PEF members in applicable titles who need continuing education hours can take advantage of the Public Service Workshops program. Visit this page to register for the latest offerings and registration instructions.
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Apr 09, 2024PEF Community Wellness & Book Fair
Last year’s inaugural PEF Community Wellness & Book Fair was such a hit, we’re back for an encore this Spring! All members of the community are encouraged to stop by the Albany Armory on Washington Ave. on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The American Federation of Teachers is partnering with us...
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