PEF President to announce contract vote count Tuesday

ALBANY, NY (09/26/2011)(readMedia)-- The president of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will hold a press conference Tuesday, September 27, at the American Arbitration Association in Manhattan to announce the ballot count results on the union's tentative contract agreement with the state.

All ballots must be received by the American Arbitration Association no later than 5 pm Monday, September 26.

PEF President Ken Brynien will release and discuss the ballot count in the board room at the American Arbitration Association offices at 1633 Broadway, 10th floor at 2pm Tuesday, September 27.

Members of the news media who are not able to attend in person will be able to participate through teleconference. Video of the press conference will be available through a designated FTP site.

To access the teleconference, reporters should call 800.501.8979 ten minutes prior to the start of the conference. The access code to participate is 7851900.

To access video from our FTP site, please call us at 518-785-1900 ext. 277 and provide your email address.

PEF is the state's second-largest state-employee union, representing 56,000 professional, scientific and technical (PS&T) employees and other public and private employees. The contract covers the PS&T employees.

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