Rivera, Eileen Franko, acting DOL director for the division of safety and health, and Gary China, Civil Service Employees Association occupational safety and health specialist at a courtyard ceremony at the DOL in Albany. Each spoke about the


paper flowers they had made at the site where a tree will be planted in the DOL memorial courtyard. Kent and the other speakers broke the ground with shovels for the planting. Before Kent left, she quoted union


activist Mother Jones, “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”


importance to remain vigilant about occupational health and safety concerns, whether an issue is in an office setting or on a highway. Names of New Yorkers who died on the


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job within the last year were read by Kent and China, followed by a moment of silence. A group of very young children placed


MOMENT OF SILENCE—PEFVice President Barbara Ulmer participates in a Workers Memorial Day service at the state Department ofTaxation and Finance in AlbanyApril 24. —Photos by Deborah A.Miles


Building leaders in PEF


MENTORING MEMBERS—PEF Regions 5, 6 and 8 held leadership conferences in April. (Above) PEF leaders andmembers fromRegions 5 and 6 gather for a group shot atVernon Downs.PEFVPWayne Bayer and PEF regional coordinators Kevin Hintz, James Moffitt, John Prince,


Kevin Conley and Nikki Brate shared their expertise and engaged the


participants with ways to strengthen union participation and strategies to achieve legislative results.PEF Region 8 held its conference in Cooperstown. It included a series of training sessions, facilitated discussions and focus groups.PEF President Susan Kent and Secretary-Treasurer Carlos Garcia were on hand to answer questions on a variety of union topics at both conferences.


—Photos by Nikki Brate and Lois Dysard


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