• PEF, UUP and other unions call out SUNY Downstate closure plans

    PEF, UUP and other unions call out SUNY Downstate closure plans

    Albany, Feb. 6, 2024 — PEF President Wayne Spence joined hundreds of UUP and PEF members, along with leaders from AFT, the New York State AFL-CIO, NYSUT and several legislators at the New York State Capitol on Feb. 6 to call on the state to stop the closure of SUNY Downstate Hospital. The rally is...

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

    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...

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  • Good news for parkers at SUNY Upstate

    Good news for parkers at SUNY Upstate

    PEF has negotiated an agreement with SUNY Upstate to waive the automatic 1% parking fee for all registered parkers in the main lots from Oct. 5, 2022 – Oct. 5, 2023.  A second agreement was negotiated waiving the full parking fee for all employees who are assigned to off-campus lots and who pay the negotiated...

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  • Tell Gov. Hochul to support New York’s nurses!

    Tell Gov. Hochul to support New York’s nurses!

    PEF scored major wins for its nurses in this year’s legislative session, but now we need Gov. Hochul to sign these meaningful pieces of legislation into law.  We’re asking all members to take a moment and add your name to two letters we’ve created.  The first deals with the subject of mandatory overtime.  Bills passed...

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  • PEF Does It: Secures geo pay for additional nurses across state

    PEF Does It: Secures geo pay for additional nurses across state

    On July 1, 2022, PEF announced the successful negotiation of geographic pay differentials (“geos”) for additional nursing titles statewide.  This memo from the New York State Department of Civil Service Division of Classification & Compensation lays out the amount of the geos and which titles are covered at which agencies. (Note: XXXXX in the...

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  • Legislators support PEF nurses’ call to boost pay, staffing

    Legislators support PEF nurses’ call to boost pay, staffing

    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 Capitol. “Our nurses made a strong case for better staffing and better pay to meet a nursing shortage in state health care facilities that has...

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  • PEF ready to work with Gov. Hochul to reward, protect healthcare heroes

    PEF ready to work with Gov. Hochul to reward, protect healthcare heroes

    Albany, N.Y. – The Public Employees Federation, the Communications Workers of America, and the New York State Nurses Association issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2022, in response to Governor Hochul’s State of the State address: “We applaud Governor Hochul for recognizing that our frontline healthcare workers are in desperate need of additional resources...

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  • Two new Public Service Workshops for nurses

    Two new Public Service Workshops for nurses

    PEF members can take advantage of upcoming Public Service Workshop trainings on defensive documentation for nurses and medication safety. The Defensive Documentation for Nurses  program will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 27. This virtual workshop teaches the legal and ethical aspects of medical case documentation and record-keeping with a focus on litigation...

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  • Overtime rate increase extended for certain titles at SUNY, OCFS

    Overtime rate increase extended for certain titles at SUNY, OCFS

    PEF has negotiated an extension of the 2.5 Overtime Agreement for employees in specified titles at the three SUNY Hospitals and the SUNY Long Island Veterans’ Home, as well as youth counselors employed by OCFS. The terms are the same as in the previous 2.5 Overtime Agreement, but this one is for the period January...

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