GFT NEWS JUNE ISSUE OUT!

Get a copy of the GFT News June issue at any Shell gas station or in various stores and restaurants near you! This month we are featuring a few GFT Fathers along with our Father’s Day Give-Away Winners!

GFT SUPPORTS TEACHER PAY FOR MAKE UP DAYS

We as the union do not feel the pushing back of school at the expense of teachers is legal or positive for our teachers. We will do everything possible to prevent loss of pay for our members. Recently some members of the school board have suggested that GPSS moves...

LOCAL UNION AFFILIATES OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS IN SEATTLE AND GUAM HAVE ENDORSED HR 676, SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS (D-MI)

On the Pacific Island of Guam, Matt Rector, President of AFT Local 1581, reports that his local, which is the largest and fastest growing union on Guam, has also endorsed HR 676. Rector wrote of his locals endorsement: If anyone needs an incentive to support universal...

DID YOU KNOW?

145+ countries guarantee paid sick days for everyone who works. But not the U.S.! 85% of restaurant workers have no paid sick days. And, 90% of food-borne illnesses that start in restaurants are traced to employees who were forced to work sick, or lose pay, or even...