July 11, 2026 — The 48th Annual PEF Convention is set for October 18-21, 2026, in Niagara Falls. The final delegate list is now on the Convention page. At Convention, delegates will...
Read More
“On February 23, a rehabilitation coordinator and PEF member was simply doing her job when she was attacked by one of the incarcerated individuals she was assisting. This video, released...
Read More
Changes to the Tier 6 pension plan included in the 2026–27 state budget agreement mark another significant step toward pension equity for public employees. “While pension equity for all Tier...
Read More
PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement on May 12, 2026. The attack on a PEF member and NYS Parole Officer on April 29, 2026, in Queens is the...
Read More
April 8, 2026 — Good news, PEF members! Some of the economic benefits negotiated by your Contract Team will be paid this spring. The Office of the State Comptroller released...
Read More
April 3, 2026 — Former PEF President Roger Benson passed away peacefully with his family by his side on April 1, 2026. He was 81 years old. Benson served nine...
Read More
At its March 26, 2026, quarterly meeting in Albany, the PEF Executive Board voted to endorse Thomas P. DiNapoli and Letitia James in their reelection campaigns for New York State...
Read More
March 9, 2026 — The ongoing effort to reform the New York State pension plan brought more than 15,000 members from PEF, NYSUT, AFT, UFT, IAF and dozens of other unions...
Read More
The following open letter was written by a PEF member who works at the Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility in Brocton, N.Y., who was violently assaulted by an incarcerated individual...
Read More