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 Waterworks, Guam Fire Department, Department of Public Health and Social Services Eligibility Specialists, Guam Port Authority, Department of Public Works Bus Drivers, and Alutiiq Bus Drivers. GFT is pursuing exclusive representation for Guam Police Department, Customs and Quarantine, Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and the Department of Corrections.
GDOE JOB FAIR JUNE 8 FOR SY2018-2019
GDOE will be holding a Job Fair for academic SY2018-2019 on Friday, June 8, 2018 from 10am - 2pm at Okkodo High School. For more information, please contact the Human Resource Office at 475-0496.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PTEP
The Professional Teacher Evaluation Plan (PTEP) is the only evaluation that is to be used to evaluate teachers covered under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The PTEP is a formative evaluation, designed to help administrators and teachers improve teaching. The...
TEACHERS OPPOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ON RECLASSIFICATION
GFT union chair for the GDOE Teachers unit, Doris Terlaje, testified against the proposed amendment on reclassification at the Guam Education Board meeting held on Tuesday. The GDOE proposed amendment to the Personnel Rules and Regulations section 904.701...
GFT OFFICE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 28
The GFT Office will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2018 in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.
GFT OPPOSES CHANGE TO 60-DAY RULE AT THE CSC
A public hearing was held yesterday on Bill 267-34 seeking to amend the procedural protections within the classified civil service. The amendment proposes to change the 60 day rule to 90 days; which refers to when management shall give the employee in the classified...
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES ACT GOOD FOR STUDENTS
A public hearing was held on Bill 224-34 authorizing delegation of student health services to school employees other than health care practitioners under specific circumstances and limiting liability of personnel providing student health services. GFT supports the...
STRONG UNIONS, STRONGER COMMUNITIES
A new report looks at numerous case studies where members of labor unions have used their freedom to join strong unions and collective voice to fight for improvements that benefit all working families in communities throughout America. Learn more and download the...
GOP TAX BILL GETS WORSE AS FINAL VOTES APPROACH
Remarkable as it is, now that details of the Republican's conference agreement on the tax bill are out, the GOP has managed to make a bad bill even worse. "People in the top tax bracket are now getting even more money," AFT President Randi Weingarten says....
FCC VOTES TO END NET NEUTRALITY
The Federal Communications Commission's Republican appointees ignored their responsibility to put the public interest first yesterday as they voted to end net neutrality. The decision, which puts profit over the public good, will widen inequality, lessen opportunity...
TEACH HUMAN RIGHTS
Sunday is Human Rights Day and Share My Lesson has great ideas and resources to educate K-12 students about human rights issues. These resources will help students better understand what human rights are and learn how they can make a difference. Check out the site...
HOUSE PASSES TWO MAJOR WORKING FAMILY BILLS: FAIR PAY ACT, PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT
Lilly Ledbetter says she knows she'll never recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars she lost from her paychecks because of nearly 20 years of pay discrimination. But today the U.S. House of Representatives, with a big push by Ledbetter's refusal to go quietly...
OBAMA ECONOMIC PLAN: CREATE MADE-IN-AMERICA JOBS
President-elect Barack Obama today laid out some of the details of his economic recovery plan. While the current President focuses on giving the Medal of Freedom to the leader of a country that has the highest number of trade union murders in the world and on spending...
