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...
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, Alutiiq Bus Drivers, Guam Police Department, Customs and Quarantine, Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center and the Department of Corrections.
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 promised 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...
Biden Sets Federal Minimum Wage $15 an Hour
Joe Biden has signed an executive order in April of this year that will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour from $10.95 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to several workers. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero wrote to the Biden administration for Guam’s...
COMPLETE YOUR BACHELOR’S DEGREE FOR FREE
If you’re looking to boost your career but don’t feel like you have the financial means to further your education, we’ve got you covered. With the Union Plus Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program, in partnership with Central State...