Public Employees Federation President Wayne Spence was re-elected to another three-year term, the labor group on Wednesday announced. 

Spence was first elected in June 2015 to lead the state's second-largest public workers union of mostly white-collar employees in New York. 

In the last year, Spence has raised the challenges facing state workers returning to the office amid the pandemic, including last year when there was a surge of new positive cases. 

Spence's re-election to a third term came alongside his slate of preferred officer candidates; his new term begins in August. 

"We are humbled by this show of unity from PEF members at this difficult time in the union's history," Spence said. "COVID-19 has challenged all of us and time and again PEF members rose to meet those challenges. This leadership team will continue to press forward on all fronts. We are determined to deliver the fair and just contract members deserve and we will never stop fighting to protect members' health and safety in the workplace. It is a privilege to lead this team and represent the public heroes of PEF."