May 2022 Issue of the PEF Communicator is now available!! Find out about our Nurses-week press conference, PEF membership blitz, quarterly election results, end of session advocacy and other latest...
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The state Legislature was in session Tuesday, May 10, but at least 16 lawmakers ducked out of meetings at lunchtime to join PEF nurses at a press conference outside the...
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In observance of Workers Memorial Day, PEF staff and union members gathered at the memorial outside PEF Headquarters in Latham to mourn those who have lost their lives at work. ...
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Dozens of volunteers from PEF and local American Federation of Teachers (AFT) unions throughout the country converged on Albany this week to take part in a week-long membership blitz to...
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For members who could not participate on April 20, click here to listen to a 32-minute recording of the phone call. PEF President Spence and Legislative Director Patrick Lyons...
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PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement in reaction to the proposal by SUNY Upstate Medical University to buy Crouse Hospital, a non-profit facility in Syracuse. “SUNY Upstate Medical...
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The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) denounces granting state parole to infamous Queens drug lord Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols, who orchestrated the murder of Parole Officer Brian Rooney...
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Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York Legislature have agreed on a $220 billion state spending plan for the 2022-23 fiscal year. This budget clearly provides what Governor Hochul termed...
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The PEF Executive Board met March 24 and 25 in Troy, N.Y., voting on the 2022-23 budget, hearing from three gubernatorial candidates and conducting other business of the union. 2022-23...
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