GFT MEMBER APPLICANTS FOR FINANCIAL BENEFITS
United Financial Services has provided a great package of benefits for GFT members and their family for life insurance, tax-free retirement income and supplemental medical income. If you have submitted the application forms and had the free physical examination, then...
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.
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....
URGE GOVERNOR LINGLE TO SIGN THE HAWAIIAN ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING BILL 2045
Hawaii is one of the few states without comprehensive laws against human trafficking! Forty-five other states have passed human trafficking laws. There is a groundswell of support for ending human trafficking in the United States, as demonstrated by the passage of...
DELEGATES SET TO GATHER IN SEATTLE FOR AFT CONVENTION
Meeting under the theme "Building Futures Together," more than 3,000 AFT delegates from across the country will gather in Seattle for the 2010 AFT convention July 7-11. This year's convention promises to provide AFT members with a forum to vote on major policy...
OUR KIDS NEED MORE PROTECTION NOT LESS!!!
Evergreen Solutions “management audit†is rearing its ugly head again and giving Senators another excuse to cut DOE’s budget by endangering our kids. While a number cruncher can look at staffing patterns and complain that they are higher than the National...
WEEKLY RAFFLE WINNER: MYKO MANGLONA!
Fellow member Myko Manglona of GWA, 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...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Bambi is a sweet little puppy and she's looking for a home. She likes kids, other dogs, and cats. Heck she likes just about anything! She's about 8 weeks old and she has the sweetest disposition. But, don't start thinking that she's timid because she's a tough...
GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK
Icy got her name because of her beautiful coat. Her personality will melt the coldest person, she's very, very affectionate. A common story we hear at GAIN, her original owners can no longer keep her, they can't afford to take her with them, they're moving to a new...
AS WORLD WATCHES SOCCER’S CUP, NIKE CRITIC SEES RED
For years, the former professional goalie has waged a one-man campaign to highlight Nike's labor practices, complaining that the company pays Indonesian workers low wages to stitch together the uniforms that have made the company the world's most successful sports...
ATTACKS ON JONES ACT, GULF CLEAN UP, ATTACK UNIONS AND OUR ALLIES
Right-wing radio gabbers, anti-worker Republican politicians and conservative think tanks are at it again. This time they charge that the Jones Act, a U.S. maritime law, is the culprit standing in the way of Gulf clean-up efforts. The Jones Act says that ships...
GFT AUDITS ARE CLEAN!
Members should be proud to know that GFT’s financial audits for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 came out clean! In an extra effort to ensure GFT’s finances are up to par, President Rector requested that our national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)...