Public Employees Federation

PEF
Public Employees Federation
Founded1978 (1978)
Headquarters1168–1170 Troy Schenectady Rd, Latham, NY 12110, New York
Location
Members
50,596 (2014)[1][2]
Key people
Wayne Spence, President, Joe Donahue, Secretary-Treasurer, Sharon DeSilva, Randi DiAntonio, Darlene Williams, Vice Presidents
AffiliationsAFT (AFL–CIO), SEIU (SOC)
Websitewww.pef.org

The Public Employees Federation (PEF) is an American union representing 50,000[1] professional, scientific, and technical public employees in the state of New York. The union is one of the largest local white-collar unions in the United States and is New York's second-largest state-employee union.[3] PEF also represents employees who work in private-sector jobs and local government agencies. The union publishes The Communicator, an online newsletter for members, 10 times annually.

  1. ^ a b US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 519-220. Report submitted June 29, 2014.
  2. ^ This membership number is down from the 58,000 members reported by the media in February 2008. See: "State, PEF Announce Tentative 4-Year Contract," Albany Times-Union, February 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Northrup, "Layoff Plans in Motion, PEF Wonders What Happened to Retirement Incentive," Albany Times-Union, July 22, 2010.