GFT MEETING APRIL 12: LAW ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS ON RETIREMENT
GFT is inviting all current and retired GovGuam public safety and law enforcement officers to meet with GFT representatives and its attorney on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the UOG School of Business and Public Administration building room #131 at 6PM. GFT has filed a...
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.
PRESIDENT & VP RECEIVE GFT’S COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS
The AFTCN Conference and Awards Banquet were held last week in Seattle prior to the AFT Convention. President Rector attended various workshops exploring new ways to improve communication to members. President Rector and Vice President Tim Fedenko received five (5)...
Q&A ON SCHWARZENEGGER’S MINIMUM-WAGE ORDER
Even as a new court fight broke out Tuesday over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's order to cut the pay of most state workers to the federal minimum, the clock was ticking for affected workers. The good news for the roughly 200,000 workers whose pay is slated to drop to...
WILL MICHIGAN BE READY FOR 2018?
We at the Michigan League for Human Services have written extensively about the need for Michigan to invest in postsecondary education and training. A new report from Georgetown University called Help Wanted provides projections for future job demand that underscore...
SCHOOL AIDES PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
Can you imagine watching and protecting 150 kids at the same time? This is what school aides do on a daily basis and our kids are safer for it. The institutional knowledge of these Para-professionals is critical. They know the kids, they spot trouble in the blink of...
REUSABLE CLOTH DIAPERS WILL SAVE FAMILIES $$$
In the long run, reusable cloth diapers will save families so much more money compared to using disposable diapers. Families go through as much as 10 diaper changes a day. A big box of Huggies has about 100 diapers depending on the size and costs about $30 which will...
WEEKLY RAFFLE WINNER: ANGEL PETROS!
Fellow member Angel Petros of UOG won a gift certificate to After 5 located in the 2nd floor of The Plaza in Tumon! Please pick up your prize at the GFT Office Monday to Friday between 8am to 5pm. Members who have registered in the GFT website will automatically be...
MINNESOTA NURSES RATIFY NEW CONTRACT
After more than three months of tense negotiations that included a 24-hour strike, some 12,000 nurses in Minnesota’s Twin Cities yesterday voted to ratify a new three-year contract with 14 area hospitals. The new pact contains no concessions or give-backs and...
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT: UNIONS THE ANSWER THEN AND NOW
July 5 marked the 75th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act—also known as the Wagner Act—one of the lesser known, but key components of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. In addition to Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, a federal minimum...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
King is a beautiful dog, neutered with a great shape. He needs to put on a little weight but that will happen now that he's being taken care of the way he should be cared for. King is a Brown and White Great Dane mix and he's about two to three years old. His eyes are...
GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK
Are you in the market for a unique feline? Sinbad could be the guy for you. Sinbad is an obese, short-haired tabby cat. He prefers the phrase hefty instead of obese - whatever, he could definitely miss a few dinner bells and it wouldn't do him any harm. Sinbad is...
NEW EPISODE OF THE WORKING FAMILY TV SHOW READY!
The Working Family TV Show Season 2 Episode 3 is up and ready! You can watch the show on FOX6 Sundays at 5:30pm and Tuesdays at 7:30pm. We have a wonderful segment on FQ Sanchez Elementary School and the Special Olympics students of Okkodo High School that you don’t...
THE ECONOMIC POWER OF OBAMA’S PEN
With the stroke of a pen, President Obama could do more for the economy than the second stimulus measure that's going nowhere fast. He can create the good jobs our economy needs by using the power of federal contracting to reward employers that improve job standards....