The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) is a union that represents approximately 50,000 state employees with professional, scientific, and technical titles. (Often referred to as the State’s “PS&T bargaining unit.”) Statewide Officers are elected every three years by the membership and work on behalf of members to run the union, which also employs professional staff. Our members work in more than 3,000 different titles in every state agency, including nurses, social workers, doctors, engineers, counselors, parole officers, lawyers, IT specialists, teachers, habilitation specialists, therapists, and many more. Our mission is simple: PEF exists to promote the welfare of its members with respect to all terms and conditions of employment.