Joint 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...
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Help 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...
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PEF 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...
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First-ever Higher Education Differential rewards PEF members for their unique titles
The Higher Education Differential is a new benefit that PEF negotiated in the 2023-2026 PS&T Contract. Members who met the initial late March proof-of-eligibility deadline received the money on April...
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New York State employees will soon have a new dental plan!
April 3, 2024 — It took years of hard work and tenacity on the part of PEF leaders and members, but New York State will replace EmblemHealth with Anthem Blue...
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Tragic death of NYPD Officer Diller influenced by ‘Less is More’ parole law
The following statement was released to the media by PEF President Wayne Spence on March 26 following the shooting death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller on March 25 in Queens....
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Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire forever a part of American labor history
March 25 marks the 113th anniversary of one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history. On this day in 1911, 146 garment workers lost their lives in a massive...
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PEF members mobilize to make eclipse viewing safe and instructive
PEF members at numerous state agencies are working hard behind the scenes in anticipation of crowds flocking to western and northern New York on April 8 to catch a glimpse...
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PEF statement on NYS Senate budget proposal
PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement following the State Senate’s release of their one-house budget proposal on March 12, 2024: “Under the leadership of Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins,...
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