Representing GovGuam Agencies and Alutiiq Bus Drivers
GFT, AFT Local 1581, exclusively represents the Guam Department of Education Teachers and Support Staff, Guam Memorial Hospital Nurses and Staff, University of Guam Support Staff, Guam Community College Support Staff, Guam Waterworks, Guam Fire Department, Department of Public Health and Social Services Eligibility Specialists, Guam Port Authority, Department of Public Works Bus Drivers, Alutiiq Bus Drivers, Guam Police Department, Customs and Quarantine, Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and the Department of Corrections, Port Authority of Guam Police I and II, Port Security Guard (Armed), Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatric Technicians, and Department of Public Works Sanitation Division.
Metformin as False Positive
As you know another school year is rapidly approaching and at the beginning of every school year, drug testing of public employees can be expected. GFT Field Representatives have noticed that employees using the prescription medication Metformin to control their...
Letter to GPD/DOC
Although there has been no official announcement, we are hearing rumors circulating that the DOC will require all officers to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. This is to ensure that you aware of GFT’s opposition to any such requirement. Reason being, DOC is not...
GFT Entering Negotiations with GDOE for Teachers and Support Staff Employees
Letters the School Board and the Superintendent went out last week to commence negotiations on working conditions. If you are a GFT member who is interested in negotiating your working conditions, let us know as soon as possible at (671)735-4390 and tell us you are...
GFT Annual TB Skin Test August 7, 2021
Register for the GFT Annual TB Skin Test by Clicking Here Date: August 7, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Place: GFT Office The event is for GFT members and their immediate family only. Non-members may sign-up to become GFT members to qualify. Please...
High School Teacher Pay Comparison May 2020
Guam's average pay for teachers severely lags behind the national average, and it is getting further behind. The labor laws in Guam do not allow GFT to negotiate pay for teachers; instead, it is up to the Guam Legislature. In addition, the Guam Legislature pillaged...
Middle School Teacher Pay Comparison May 2020
Guam's average pay for teachers severely lags behind the national average, and it is getting further behind. The labor laws in Guam do not allow GFT to negotiate pay for teachers; instead, it is up to the Guam Legislature. In addition, the Guam Legislature pillaged...
Elementary School Teacher Pay Comparison May 2020
Guam's average pay for teachers severely lags behind the national average, and it is getting further behind. The labor laws in Guam do not allow GFT to negotiate pay for teachers; instead, it is up to the Guam Legislature. In addition, the Guam Legislature pillaged...
SY2021-2022 Calendar
On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Guam Education Board approved the revised calendar for School Year 2021 - 2022. Should you have any inquiries, please contact your child's school or you may email the Interim PIO at matfranquez@gdoe.net. Download PDF Teacher start date:...
Nurse Pay Raise
Registered nurses in Guam will see a bump in pay reflected in their August 14, 2021 paycheck. Thanks to actions taken by Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, this campaign promise made to GFT and to the nurse membership is long overdue. The pay increase will be on the base...
AFT: Juneteenth
Today we celebrate Juneteenth. July Fourth is known to every American as Independence Day, but Black Americans had to wait nearly 100 years more for freedom. On June 19, 1865—2 1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation—Union...
Proposed SY2021-2022 Calendar
The proposed school calendar will move PD days 2 and 3 to the beginning of the school year and moving the first day of school for students to Thursday, August 12, 2021. Friday, August 06, 2021, is still the first day for teachers. Calendars will be available once...
Juneteenth Federal Holiday
President Biden has signed the bill into law. Juneteenth is now officially a federal holiday, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. "I've only been president for several months, but I think this will go down for me as one...