IN SOLIDARITY – PEF leaders, members and retirees join hundreds of protesters November 17 at an Occupy Albany event in Lafayette Park and at an Occupy Wall Street march in Foley Square in Manhattan. In Albany, PEF President Ken Brynien spoke to the roaring crowd about the importance and fairness of keeping the tax on millionaires. — Photos by Deborah A. Miles and Blair Burroughs

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