NEXT GEB MEETING APRIL 24
The next Guam Education Board meeting is on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at the Superintendent's conference room in Tiyan at 6pm. All stakeholders are encouraged to attend.
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.
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...
WHAT HEALTH CARE REFORM MEANS TO YOU FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA
CUTTING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE: Health reform implements unprecedented measures to fight waste, fraud, and abuse and improve the quality and outcomes of care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The law ends unwarranted subsidies to private insurance companies...
HOUSE/SENATE CONFERENCE OKS WALL STREET REFORM BILL, FULL VOTES NEXT WEEK
After an all-night session, U.S. House and Senate negotiators this morning agreed on a Wall Street reform bill that imposes tough new rules on the way Wall Street and Big Banks do business, including how they handle derivatives. Derivatives are the complex and risky...
MORE WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS PROPOSED FOR GMH NURSES!
President Rector has been in contact with several nurses’ unions in California and New York exploring various ways that have improved working conditions and patient care in their hospitals which we may consider adapting for Guam’s hospital. President Rector and...
WHAT HEALTH CARE REFORM MEANS TO YOU FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA
REDUCING THE DEFICIT: The Congressional Budget Office confirmed that health reform will reduce the deficit by over $100 billion in the next decade, and over $1 trillion in the following decade. Learn more
WHAT HEALTH CARE REFORM MEANS TO YOU FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA
REDUCING THE DEFICIT: The Congressional Budget Office confirmed that health reform will reduce the deficit by over $100 billion in the next decade, and over $1 trillion in the following decade. Learn more
WEEKLY RAFFLE WINNER: MARILYN CASTRO!
Fellow member Marilyn Castro of DOE, 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...
OBAMA WARNS HEALTH INSURERS ON RATE HIKES
Health insurance companies should not use the new heath care reform law as an “opportunity to enact unjustifiable rate increases,†President Obama warned today at a White House ceremony marking the 90-day anniversary of signing the landmark bill, which he termed...
PUBLIC SUPPORTS PAID SICK LEAVE
Three-quarters of Americans say paid sick leave should be a “basic workers’ right†and Congress should pass legislation that guarantees workers paid sick leave, according to a new survey by the Public Welfare Foundation (PWF). PWF President Deborah Leff says the...
WILL GUAM’S CHILDREN GET THE FUNDING THEY NEED?
Next school year will be an exciting year for teachers, staff and students as it is every year. DOE has great plans for improvement in technology and professional development, updates on the facilities and maintenance plans and many more. In order to move forward with...