The Communicator
- July/August Issue 1999 -
On The
Cover: Cover
photo of PEF Region 12 Coordinator Ruth Gaines at NYC
demonstration courtesy of AFT.
Correction: The toll-free number to call at PEF for Workers' Comp
was wrong in June; it's 1-800-342-4306, ext. 223.
Features
Turning
up the heat: Members confront governor, demand fair contract
Negotiations
going nowhere fast State stonewalls contract talks
Big Apple
Members Mobilizing at Parades
eWars: state Ed broke Taylor Law when it
cut off steward's e-mail access
Danger Zone: Zone
scoring Union moves to protect merit and fitness in civil service
Health
& Safety Workplace Injuries Conference
OMH
CDPC protest rally
Legislative
Action SEIU Washington DC Conference
Fight
Back Against Privatization: Award Nomination Form
Departments
You
Said It
President
Benson's Message
Legislative
Action State Budget Update
Lyme Disease
vaccine, warning signs, HMOs coverage
Privatization:looking
out for mentally disabled, taxpayers
Retirees
In Action
Nurses
Station
Health
Notes
Union Matters
Foresters
win back pay in out-of-title work settlement:Grievance win pays
Proposed
Constitutional Amendments to go before the 1999 PEF Convention
Executive
Board losses and gains
Oswego
contract approval
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Official Publication of the New York State Public Employees
Federation, AFL-CIAO
Volume 16, No. 6 July/August 1999
1168-70
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