53 YEARS OF GFT
GFT celebrates 53 years since its charter on April 3, 1965! GFT has come a long way from starting as a teachers only union to representing the entire government of Guam employees. GFT currently has exclusive union recognition for GDOE teachers and support staff,...
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.
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)...
UNION PLUS AWARDS $150K IN SCHOLARSHIPS
Some 121 union members and union family members have been awarded $150,000 in scholarships, ranging from $500 to $4,000, by the 2010 Union Plus Scholarship Program. Says Union Plus President Leslie Tolf: “During these challenging economic times, with college tuition...
USA: PROBE TO FINE ‘ROOT CAUSES’ OF BP WELL DISASTER
The Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the organisation that investigated BP’s Texas City disaster and pinned much of the blame on the company’s London-based global board, is to investigate the “root causes†of the latest industrial catastrophe blighting BP’s...
DIRTY DIAPERS ARE A BACKDOOR TAX!
Approximately 1/3 of all of the waste in our landfill comes from disposable diapers! This means not only are parents shipping millions of dollars per year out of our economy into someone else’s (where disposable diapers are made) but all of our people are...