{"id":9082,"date":"2024-01-18T11:18:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?p=9082"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:57:46","slug":"pef-telephone-town-hall-jan-17-at-6-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/news\/pef-telephone-town-hall-jan-17-at-6-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF Telephone Town Hall: Jan. 17, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to the thousands who listened in on the Telephone Town Hall Jan. 17.\u00a0 If you missed it, a full audio recording is now available.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/2610f943\/-_huY2J130mHvw8A6n-Csg?u=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-164168896\/pef-telephone-town-hall-for-all-members-january-17-2024\">Click here to listen to the Jan. 17 PEF Telephone Town Hall.\u00a0<\/a> Here are some general time codes indicating what was discussed and when:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>00:00 &#8211; 07:00:\u00a0<\/strong> Changes proposed for SUNY Downstate in the governor&#8217;s budget<\/li>\n<li><strong>07:00 &#8211; 16:00:\u00a0<\/strong> Congestion pricing for members who drive through Manhattan for work<\/li>\n<li><strong>16:00 &#8211; 26:00:\u00a0<\/strong> PEF&#8217;s campaign to clean up toxic work environments and stop workplace bullying<\/li>\n<li><strong>26:00 &#8211; 30:00:\u00a0<\/strong> Grievance process and recent PEF wins<\/li>\n<li><strong>30:00 &#8211; 34:00:\u00a0<\/strong> Efforts to secure overtime for OT-ineligible employees<\/li>\n<li><strong>34:00 &#8211; 38:30:\u00a0<\/strong> HELP (Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement) program administered by NY Dept. of Civil Service<\/li>\n<li><strong>38:30 &#8211; 45:30:\u00a0<\/strong> Governor&#8217;s Executive Budget Proposal<\/li>\n<li><strong>45:30 &#8211; 48:30:\u00a0<\/strong> Carried-over COVID accruals<\/li>\n<li><strong>48:30 &#8211; 51:15:\u00a0<\/strong> Hourlies class action lawsuit<\/li>\n<li><strong>51:15 &#8211; 55:30:\u00a0<\/strong> Health insurance premium increases<\/li>\n<li><strong>55:30 &#8211; 1:09:30:\u00a0<\/strong> Contract money paid to members in 2023 and set to be paid in 2024 (Ratification bonus, dental stipend, Higher Ed Differential, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1:09:30 to conclusion:<\/strong>\u00a0 Answers to submitted questions from members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another Town Hall will be scheduled in February.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to the thousands who listened in on the Telephone Town Hall Jan. 17.\u00a0 If you missed it, a full audio recording is now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,486],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-townhall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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