• Workers Memorial Day

    Workers Memorial Day

    Today, Workers Memorial Day, we recognize workers who died or suffered from exposures to hazards at work. Over 50 years ago the OSHA Act was passed to hold employers accountable...

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  • PEF celebrates New York State budget accomplishments, vows to keep advocating

    PEF celebrates New York State budget accomplishments, vows to keep advocating

    The Governor and the Legislature enacted the $237 billion 2024-25 New York State budget on April 20, 2024, and it includes significant progress on many of the priorities PEF advocates...

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  • Want to become a PEF Convention Delegate?

    Want to become a PEF Convention Delegate?

    April 15, 2025 — The 46th annual PEF Convention is just five months away (Sept. 15-18, 2024) and now is the time for members to think about petitioning to become...

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  • Joint Telephone Town Hall updates members on SUNY Downstate fightback 

    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

    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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  • Check out the latest public service workshops!

    Check out the latest public service workshops!

    PEF members in applicable titles who need continuing education hours can take advantage of the Public Service Workshops program. We maintain a list of the most recent workshops here....

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  • PEF Community Wellness & Book Fair

    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

    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! 

    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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