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.

NURSES SET 1-DAY STRIKE FOR PATIENT SAFETY

Some 25,000 registered nurses in California and Minnesota will conduct a one-day strike June 10 over patient care issues in contract negotiations at 15 health systems and hospitals. The nurses are members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) and the Minnesota...

GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK

Eloise is so cute! I don't know what else to say about her, she's just precious. She's about 4 1/2 months old and she likes everybody! She likes other dogs, she likes kids, she likes cats - well, that's not true, she's scared of cats. She's looking for a new home and...

GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK

Licorice is a beautiful, young, female kitty-cat. She's solid black which, according to my family lore, brings good luck into the household. She's very, very affectionate and has a quiet personality. Her purr is easily started with a stroke to her head and although...

RESTORE DOE WORKERS’ DEDUCTIONS!!!

If you have a secondary health insurance, car loan, mortgage loan, personal loan, taxes, life insurance, etc. that you have payroll deducted then you will now need to choose only 3 that can be deducted because of the recent change to the Standard Operating Policy. DOE...

DOE TEACHERS AND STAFF GET SCREWED AGAIN!!!

Once again DOE is attempting to balance their budget on the backs of the hard working professionals that educate our island’s children by taking away yet another benefit: Voluntary Payroll deductions!!! In a recent change in their Standard Operating Policy, payroll...

RELAY FOR CANCER WITH TEAM GFT TONIGHT!

Don’t forget to stop by the GW field tonight starting at 7pm until tomorrow at 7am and visit team GFT united for a cure at the ACS relay for life event. Join the entire community in the fight for cancer and celebration of many more birthdays to come!

WEEKLY RAFFLE WINNER: BENNY ROSALIN!

Fellow member Benny Rosalin 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. Members who have registered in the GFT website will automatically be eligible to win. We will have the next...

WORKING CLASS ANGER: TIP TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT?

The angry working class—the good folks between the two coasts who live in what elitist pundits dub as ”Fly-Over Land”—are certainly getting a lot of TV face time, dead tree ink and blogosphere attention. Most of the conventional wisdom paints them as part of a...