Convention

Want 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...

PEF nurses thank Gov. Hochul for making good on her promises

At the union’s annual Convention in Niagara Falls, Oct. 23-26, 2022, nurses represented by the NYS Public Employees Federation recorded messages for Gov. Kathy Hochul, who this month delivered the Nurse Title Restructuring the union has demanded for decades.  It will make a difference in their professional lives and help the State recruit new nurses...

2022 PEF Convention: Monday Highlights

The final full day of PEF’s 44th Annual Convention is underway in Niagara Falls, where delegates just watched this video of yesterday’s activities, including a passionate speech from Rev. Terrence Melvin, Secretary-Treasurer of the NYS AFL-CIO.

State lawmakers, leaders, and union presidents offer thanks to PEF

At the 44th Annual PEF Convention, held Oct. 23-26, 2022, in Niagara Falls, elected U.S. officials, union leaders and members of the State Assembly and Senate recorded greetings for all PEF members, thanking them for their public service and acknowledging the role they play in keeping New York State running.

Federal & State lawmakers offer remarks to delegates at PEF’s 43rd Annual Convention, held Oct. 24-27, 2021, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

PEF Convention 2021: “Fund Our Future for a Thriving New York”

PEF Convention 2021: “Fund Our Future for a Thriving New York This video was played at the first plenary session of the 43rd Annual PEF Convention in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Oct. 25, 2021.

PEF Convention 2021 Opening Video: “Fund Our Future for a Thriving New York”

Federal & State lawmakers offer remarks to delegates at PEF’s 43rd Annual Convention, held Oct. 24-27, 2021, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Executive Board votes to keep 2021 Convention in Niagara Falls

PEF will move forward with plans to hold its annual convention this October in Niagara Falls, rather than hold it virtually.  That was the decision of the PEF Executive Board at its August 26-27 meeting in Albany – the union’s first in-person board meeting since the pandemic took hold in early 2020. The board initially...