{"id":14285,"date":"2026-05-15T10:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?p=14285"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:07:33","slug":"members-invited-to-comment-on-federal-and-state-legislative-agendas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/news\/members-invited-to-comment-on-federal-and-state-legislative-agendas\/","title":{"rendered":"Members invited to comment on federal and state legislative agendas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>May 15, 2026 \u2014<\/em>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\">The 48<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fAnnual PEF Convention is set for October 18-21, 2026, in Niagara Falls.\u00a0Delegate\u00a0elections are underway for contested seats, but the union expects another large turnout this year. The final delegate list will be published on the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef-convention\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">PEF website<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef-convention\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">by May 29.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At Convention, delegates will debate,\u00a0possibly amend, and eventually approve the union\u2019s State and Federal Legislative Agendas that help guide PEF\u2019s advocacy. Before then, all members are invited to contribute to the agendas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThis is the start of a critical process,\u201d said PEF Vice President and Statewide Political Action Committee Chair Randi DiAntonio. \u201cPEF is a member-driven union, and this is a chance for any member to suggest new agenda items or make changes to items already in the agenda. These agendas really do govern a lot of what the union will\u00a0seek\u00a0to\u00a0accomplish\u00a0in the year ahead.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Each year, VP DiAntonio presents the agendas to the Convention body and chairs the debate.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Members may\u00a0read through\u00a0the current\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef_files\/docs\/political_action\/2026StateLegislativeAgendawithLetter.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">state<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fand\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef_files\/docs\/political_action\/2026FederalAgendawithLetter.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">federal<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fagendas and\u00a0submit\u00a0recommended changes for consideration to Danielle Blue in the PEF Legislative Office at\u202f<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Danielle.Blue@pef.org\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Danielle.Blue@pef.org<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, 2026 \u2014\u00a0The 48th\u202fAnnual PEF Convention is set for October 18-21, 2026, in Niagara Falls.\u00a0Delegate\u00a0elections are underway for contested seats, but the union expects another large turnout this year&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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