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Executive Board attacks on state
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quarterly meeting May 26 and 27 in Albany. Part of the meeting focused on ways to address the attacks on state employees and attempts to cut public services, pensions and jobs. PEF President Ken
Brynien said 250 bills attacking public workers
have been proposed in 38 states. Brynien also spoke about the problems in New York, such as the governor’s and Legislature’s refusals to extend the millionaire’s tax and the property tax cap. Brynien discussed the budget which
requires $450 million in givebacks from the state unions, 10 percent agency cuts, and closing facilities at the state Department of Correctional Services, the Office of Children and Family Services, the Office of Mental Health (OMH), and cuts in SUNY funding and the governor’s Tier 6 proposal and layoffs. Brynien added the state is trying to
have a preliminary injunction removed that was granted in 1996 which prevents the closure of OMH facilities without 12 months notice. “The good news,” Brynien said, “was
the success of the “We Are One” rallies held April 4 by labor unions throughout the country and the rally in Manhattan April 9 where 15,000 people participated. “Polls are also starting to show more
support for labor, and in New York unemployment has dropped from 8.7 percent a year ago to 7.9 percent this month (May).” Brynien also said SUNY Upstate
Medical Center is merging with Community Hospital in Syracuse and PEF should receive 300 new members once the merger is completed. The Executive Board approved the
recommendations from regional coordinators to be appointed to a Triennial Elections Committee. Secretary-Treasurer Arlea Igoe
reported on a new software program designed by the PEF IT Department. The system uses one database for all members, allowing PEF to message data differently and interface with
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