• PEF commemorates Workers Memorial Day

    PEF commemorates Workers Memorial Day

    April 28, 2023 — PEF staff and union members gathered at PEF headquarters on Workers Memorial Day to remember workers who were killed or injured on the job, and to...

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  • Telephone Town Hall about Vaccine/Test Mandate

    Telephone Town Hall about Vaccine/Test Mandate

    For members who could not attend on Oct. 14, a recording of the PEF Telephone Town Hall about the vaccine or test mandate is now available.

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  • Vaccine and/or testing mandates

    Vaccine and/or testing mandates

    As of Oct. 12, thousands more PEF members are subject to a vaccine or test mandate imposed by New York State. We’ve heard from many of you that your agency...

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  • PEF Declares Impasse on COVID Mandate

    PEF Declares Impasse on COVID Mandate

    Thousands of our PEF brothers and sisters are subject to a mandate to be vaccinated by September 27, 2021. After weeks of negotiations, the state has been unwilling to approve...

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  • PEF’s Position on Vaccine Mandates and Telecommuting

    PEF’s Position on Vaccine Mandates and Telecommuting

    Sent on behalf of President Spence: PEF’s primary mission is improving the members’ terms and conditions of employment, including protecting members’ health and safety.  In this case we must balance...

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  • Report workplace discrimination to PEF

    Report workplace discrimination to PEF

    Are you facing discrimination in the workplace? Have you been singled out due to disability, race, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity? If so, PEF wants to know. A new...

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  • COVID-19: Information for PEF Members & Staff

    COVID-19: Information for PEF Members & Staff

    COVID-19 has impacted our lives in ways that until recently seemed unimaginable. PEF is working every day to hold New York State accountable as the pandemic continues. PEF members across...

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  • Latest on COVID vaccines & variants

    Latest on COVID vaccines & variants

    As the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread and New York has fully implemented its various vaccine and vaccine/test mandates, President Spence asked the PEF Health & Safety...

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  • PEF, SUNY renew mandatory, free COVID-19 testing

    PEF, SUNY renew mandatory, free COVID-19 testing

    PEF President Wayne Spence and SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced on July 1 that they have renewed their agreement to extend mandatory, free weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated, union-represented employees...

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