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Public Employees Federation

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Andrew Cuomo Tours Inmate-less Juvey Facility With Gladys Carrion: A Sign He's Keeping Her?

    ​Did Andrew Cuomo yesterday send Gladys Carrion's many upstate detractors a message that he's going to keep her around after he takes office? Cuomo had Carrion by his side as the Governor-Elect toured Tryon Boys Residential Center yesterday, an upstate juvenile facility that we first reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Gov. Paterson Looks to "Sinister" Union Heads for NY State Layoffs-by-the-Thousands Woes

    ​New York Governor David Paterson is now talking about laying off thousands of state workers as part of a plan to balance the state budget. And he just brought some state workers' union leaders into the fold, by talking some serious smack on them.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2009

    State backs down on mandatory H1N1 shots

    ​New York State is no longer requiring healthcare workers to take the H1N1 vaccine or risk firing, but only because they don't have enough of it.

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2009

    NYS healthcare workers get a restraining order against mandatory flu shots

    ​The State Supreme Court granted a restraining order to a public employee's union on Friday blocking an emergency regulation mandating seasonal and H1N1 (swine) flu shots for nurses, doctors, aides, and non-medical personnel who have patient contact. The Public Employees Federation represents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Unions to Bloomy: Un-Happy Term Limits Birthday

    The one-year anniversary of Mike Bloomberg's term-limits flip-flop is being celebrated today by a pair of unions who chose the date to announce their endorsement of Bill Thompson for mayor -- while throwing in some tough language about the incumbent. Electricians Local Union No. 3, one of the city' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Paterson Threatens 8,900 Layoffs to Close Budget Gap

    Governor Paterson is playing hardball, or at least fast-pitch softball, with the civil service unions. He wants them to skip a pay increase and give back some on benefits, or else, he says, he may have to fire 8,900 of them to close his growing budget gap. That's about four percent of the government ... More >>

  • Specials

    September 24, 2002

    Letters

    Governor Paterson is playing hardball, or at least fast-pitch softball, with the civil service unions. He wants them to skip a pay increase and give back some on benefits, or else, he says, he may have to fire 8,900 of them to close his growing budget gap. That's about four percent of the government ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2002

    Labor's Cheap Date With Pataki

    It's Solidarity—For the Time Being, Anyway

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    Working-Class Heroes

    Towering Losses, Towering Deeds

  • News

    March 13, 2001

    Pataki's Faulty Safety Patrol

    Shorting Public Employees on Workplace Protections

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