The
Communicator
June 2001
The
Official Online Edition of
The New York
State Public Employees Federation
PEF STEPS UP
THE SHORT-STAFFING FIGHT
Against a backdrop of hundreds of pairs of shoes
lined up on the steps of the state Capitol,
PEF leaders called on New York’s elected
officials in May to pass
“safe staffing” legislation for nurses.
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Inside This Issue:
Features
THE DANGERS
OF SHORT-STAFFING:
• PEF hosts
‘Town Hall’ meeting on parole, public safety
• PEF steps up the
safe-staffing laws fight
• Nurses' Station:
Nursing’s image suffers
• Cutting prison
program staff seen as step backward
Departments
President's
Message: We must make state see toll short staffing takes
You Said It:
Members mailbag
Saving Services:
PEF, grassroots coalition bash Bush tax-cut proposal
Retirees In Action:
COLA good, but could be better
Legislative Action:
Somos El Futuro
Health Notes: Act
now to continue health benefits for student dependents
PEF online: Get
your health benefits questions answered here
NEW!
PEF Membership
Benefits Program Update
Union Matter
DEC relocation
threatens more than work environment
Members fight for
contract justice at Albany County Probation
Federal tax cuts
threaten NYS programs
Bill would boost
educational requirements for parole
GOER eyes pilot
program to cut commuting cost
FREE
deferred-compensation plan booklet available
Membership Benefits
Program Financial Statements
VACANCIES: Nurse
Organizer
Two elected to PEF
Board
OMH ad campaign:
Placing mentally ill kids with mentally ill adults is bad
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