PEF Deserves a Fair ContractEligible voters in the Professional, Scientific, and Technical unit of PEF ratified the 2026-2031 PEF/State agreement on Aug. 18, 2026, with 88% of voters saying yes to the new contract. 

The agreement provides for raises of 4.5%, 4%, 3.5%, 3% and 3% each year of the agreement, with the first increase retroactive to April 2, 2026. We expect that back pay to be included in paychecks this fall and will update you when we have a specific payroll bulletin from the Comptroller. The agreement also establishes a new PEF Employee Benefit Fund to administer dental and vision benefits, as well as numerous other highlights, as outlined below.

We are assembling the traditional “yellow book” for the new contract and will post a searchable version here when it is available. In the meantime, the tentative agreement that was ratified on Aug. 18, 2026, is below.

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Click the + sign below to read the Articles, Side Letters, Salary Schedules and other documents contained in the 2023-2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

2023-2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement

Note: If looking something up using the page numbers in the index, use the Find tool of your PDF reader and type in “page XX.” For example: To find Base Salary Increase on page 11, you would enter “page 11” into the search field to jump directly to the relevant page.

 

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