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PEF/encon

Membership Meeting

Tuesday April 26, 2005

625 Broadway

Conference Room 129 A & B

1^st Floor - Noon

Pizza and Wings!

	April Topics: PEF Go Public Campaign - PEF is working to show New Yorkers that contracting out is wasteful of tax dollars and puts us all at risk. We’ll show a new video from PEF and Steve Connolly from PEF Research will tell us what else we can do to support this effort. Draft Work Schedule policy and draft Time and Attendance manual - PEFencon is reviewing and commenting on these draft documents. An update will be provided . For more information and to stay up to date go to PEF/encon, your source for all PEF related news and issues. See you at the May 26^th Membership Meeting! 05-06 Steward Elections An election was held to select PEF shop stewards at 625 Broadway for the 2005-06 term. The following individuals are your stewards for the next year: Karen Baker, Wayne Bayer, Karl Berger, Stan Byer, Holly Clark, Lawrence D’Arco, John Donlon, Kuldeep Gupta, Mike Kanuk, Dylan Keenan, Mike Keenan, Diane Kulzer, Tim LeBarron, Rob McDonough, Toni Norfleet, Denise Stephens, Jim Trossbach, Chuck Van Drei and Bill Wurster. The Election Committee’s Ballot Count Report and phone numbers for stewards are listed on our website. Please contact any steward for information and assistance. Spring 2005 Scholarship Winners Winners of the $500 PEFencon Spring Scholarship are Adam Marschilok - Son of John Marschilok - Central Office and Caitlin Weiss - Daughter of Dennis Weiss - Region 9. Winners were chosen from a hat at the March 2005 PEFencon Division meeting. "Go Public" commercials hit air waves this week The "Go Public" accountability campaign to protect state jobs and fight privatization will hit the airwaves this week in the Capital District. TV spots and print ads started running April 18. The ads and commercials feature a "fat cat" concept and are designed to grab the attention of lawmakers as well as the general public. A major impetus for this campaign was PEFencon’s 2004 Convention Resolution calling on PEF to aggressively challenge the contracting out of our jobs. The print ads and TV commercials will continue through May and June. The campaign will include a "Go Public" rally at the State Capital on Wednesday, June 8, be sure to save the date! Contact OGS directly with complaints You have the right to contact OGS directly when you notice problems concerning the Water St. pedestrian walkway, Water St. lot and the Water St. shuttle bus service. Shuttle Bus Complaints - 474-8118; Walkway and Water St. Lot Complaints - 474-1287. This will ensure that your complaints are registered with OGS. Additionally, please submit your complaints to any shop steward. Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day is Thursday, April 28, 2005 The theme this year is: Sharing Power and Possibility. The program is open to girls and boys between 9 and 16 years of age. All employees are encouraged to bring their daughters, sons, other relatives, neighbors or friends. The young people must be accompanied by a parent or sponsor at all times throughout the day, unless they are with a group leader for the morning exhibits. Central Office and Region 4 employees interested in having their child(ren) attend this program must register by using this link: . Due to limited space, registration must close as soon as 90 children are registered, but no later than noon, April 26. PEFencon is proud to have supplied the crayons which will accompany the Troy Area Labor Council’s "Why Unions are Important" coloring books in this year’s information package. For more information and to stay up to date go to PEF/encon, your source for all PEF related news and issues. See you at the May 26^th Membership Meeting!

Last Updated on April 25, 2005

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