PORT BOARD APPROVES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
The Port Authority Board of Directors approved the GFT - PAG Collective Bargaining Agreement at last Tuesday's Board meeting. The CBA includes items such as work hours, scheduling, hazard pay and other employee working conditions and covers all Port Operations and...
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.
AFT ENDORSES BARACK OBAMA
This morning the AFT executive council voted to endorse the candidacy of Barack Obama for president in 2012. Watch this message from AFT President Randi Weingarten on the endorsement. Watch why AFT endorses Obama! Education, jobs and the economy continue...
MEET LEANDRA: GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Leandra has a heart of gold! She's shy at first, but she will love you unconditionally! Leandra is a sweet baby with scruffy fur of brown and white! Help Leandra find her furever home! See her at GAIN today!
MEET GIGI: GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK
Gigi is a sweetie pie! She loves to play and she also enjoys belly rubs! Gigi is a grey tabby with the warmest personality! Help Gigi find her furever home! Meet her at the shelter today! Call GAIN for more info
A LOT MORE WORK AND NOT SO MUCH MORE PAY
CALVO: “Over $200 million in local funds go to DOE. There are 2,000 locally-funded teachers. If even 75 percent of that money went to pay teachers… and you do the math, that means the average teacher would be paid about $75,000 a year. But...
TAKE ACTION TO HELP CLEANING WORKERS IN NETHERLANDS
They’re calling it the “uprising of the invisible.” Cleaning workers in the Netherlands have been on strike for 30 days and have now asked for international solidarity. They’ve created an online campaign on LabourStart which needs your...
GOV CALVO WANTS TO TAKE AWAY TEACHER INPUT
CALVO: “We can put more teachers in the classrooms by eliminating unnecessary preparation periods for non-teacher duties, like being a department chair.” THE TRUTH Department Chairs: DC’s currently only exist in the High Schools...
MORE THAN 1,500 WORKERS JOIN AFL-CIO UNIONS
Warehouse workers, school, bus drivers, teachers, mechanics, telecommunication and manufacturing worker all have recently won a voice at work with AFL-CIO unions. More than 350 employees at IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville, Md., voted by an...
WHY GOV CALVO IS WRONG
CALVO: “All the major decisions governing the budget, staffing and even the curriculum of public schools is vested in the union by virtue of the contract the government entered with the GFT five years ago.” THE TRUTH Budget: If the union had...
THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES, STATE BY STATE
It seems there’s no public service or piece of property that private companies are not eyeing as potential revenue streams. While funding anti-government think tanks like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), companies like Corrections...
GOV CALVO COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET
CALVO: “If you take on the duties of cleaning your own classrooms with your students… supervise children in the hallways on a rotational basis… and make sure kids are safe in the cafeteria, the playground and on their arrival and...
L.A. TRANSPORTATION PLA OFFERS LIFELINE FOR LONG¬-TERM JOBLESS, HOMELESS
The city of Los Angeles and its mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, have been leading the national push for Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) to help create jobs for local workers. This trend continued last Thursday as the city and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Posey is too adorable! She's super friendly and she absolutely adores belly rubs! Posey is a brown and white pit mix that would make a great companion for your family! Stop by GAIN to meet her today! Call GAIN for more info