State Professional Workers Union Approves Contract: Threat of Archaeologist Layoffs is Averted
Earlier this afternoon, the Public Employees Federation (PEF) announced that its proposed contract with the State of New York has been ratified by its membership by a more than 2 to 1 margin. Congratulations to the PEF members who considered the new proposal and expressed their position by voting on it. The State Museum scientist […]
New York State Contract Negotiations Affecting Archaeologists Continue
The Associated Press reports this afternoon that Governor Andrew Cuomo has indicated that he would consider a shorter, 3-year contract with the Public Employees Federation (PEF), allowing PEF to renegotiate the contract earlier, and potentially at a time when the state’s economy will have improved. The contract that PEF membership has rejected was for five […]
A Trip to the New York State Museum, December 2, 2010
Upon occasion, my work takes me to the New York State Museum to consult with scientists or to use the archaeological collections. I made one such trip on December 2, 2010 in order to study the artifacts from the Vosburg site, an Archaic period (3,000-10,000 years old) site located in Guilderland, New York. I did […]
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