 Get active now in PEF Retirees
As the summer ends, PEF Retirees is gearing up for
another busy year with lots of new members and leaders
ready to participate.
Thanks to the energy and leadership of Ray Ferraro, who
stepped down in late June as president of our statewide
organization, we have a growing, active membership and
are well known among other retiree and labor groups in
New York and even on the national level.
I was elected president, and I look forward to working
with you.
Many of you may already know me from my 30 years of
service as a labor activist and leader — in Council
82 of the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Civil Service Employees
Association and PEF, where I was Region 2 coordinator and
served 15 years on the Executive Board and Political
Action Committee.
The other officers elected in June by the PEF Retirees
Executive Board are: Cal Thayer, first vice president;
Mary Reid, second vice president; and Eileen Spence,
secretary.
A retired state transportation engineer, Cal is from
Region 8 and a former vice president of PEF.
Mary is a former PEF Region 12 coordinator, political
activist and PS&T contract chair. And Eileen,
president of our Rochester chapter, was very active in
the two successive organizing campaigns in the late 1970s
that finally paid off with the founding of PEF.
You can also look forward to meeting PEF’s new
director of retiree programs, Matt Shebar, who will work
with our PEF Retiree chapters to educate members about
the many benefits and services available to them through
PEF Membership Benefits.
Please check with your PEF regional office or the PEF
Retirees office at PEF headquarters (1-800-342-4306, ext.
289) for information about chapter meetings and
activities in your area.
Retirees In Action E-mail; ahughes@pef.org For general comments or questions
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