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The Public Employees Federation (PEF) is an American union representing 56,000 [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]
In the early 2000s, Local 1 of the union, which represented 2,900 members, was subject to a federal labor racketeering investigation, leading to the indictment of several union leaders. [ 11 ] [ 7 ] In 2005, the union was embroiled in a labor dispute with New York's elevator companies over wage increases and over proposals by the companies to ...
With the creation and assistance of the Taylor Law, members of many organizations including the Albany, New York, Fire Department were able to unionize, becoming one of the strongest political organizations. In 1970 was the birth of Union Local 2007, which was also responsible in paving the way for all other public sector unions in Albany, New ...
Under the agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, roughly 10,000 workers will receive four "cost of living” pay increases totaling at least 10% and as much ...
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The ILA has ...
Local 860. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is a labor union in the state of New York that represents employees in state and local government, as well as school districts, child care, and the private sector. As of 2010, there were about 300,000 members in the union.
The New York Central Labor Council is a labor membership organization devoted to supporting, advancing and advocating for its member organizations and all 'working class' people of New York City. The New York City Central Labor Council plays a major role in New York City affairs and politics. The Council sponsors many protests, and throws its ...
The Construction Trades Council represented 250,000 members from 18 locals and had close ties to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and leading politicians in New York City. During the 1960s, these unions were strong supporters of the Democrats and delivered strong voter turnout for John F. Kennedy , Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey .