GEB SEEKS COMMUNITY INPUT ON GDOE BUDGET REDUCTIONS
The Guam Education Board's Finance and Budget Committee will be holding public input sessions over the next two weeks seeking community feedback regarding budget constraints for the Guam Department of Education. Members of the community are invited to discuss existing...
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...
TENS OF THOUSANDS PROTEST ARIZONA’S IMMIGRANT LAW
Tens of thousands of people of conscience from across the nation converged on the Arizona state capitol today in Phoenix for a national day of action against that state’s infamous anti-immigrant law, also known as S.B. 1070. Chanting “Stop Racism in Arizona,â€...
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...
SUPPORT THE PIBBA FAMILY ON THURS. 6/3 @ DANNY’S GOOD TIMES 6PM
Please come and join The PIBBA (Pacific Islands Bilingual Bicultural Association) Family this Thursday, June 3, 2010, at Danny's Good Times in Mangilao at 6:00p.m. It costs $10 and includes chasers and a drink. There will be karaoke for the early birds and a band...
MEDICAL FUNDRAISER FOR FELLOW MEMBER LINDA TEODOSIO EDWARD
Please support Linda Teodosio Edward in her medical fundraiser on Wednesday, June 2 at Danny’s Good Time next to Winchell’s in Mangilao from 6-10pm.
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...
NEW BROCHURE ON HEALTH CARE REFORM AND MEDICARE AVAILABLE
Seniors around the country who count on Medicare for their health coverage and have questions about how the new health care reform law impacts their coverage can find many of those answers in a new brochure that will be in their mailboxes soon or by downloading a copy...
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 â€Fly-Over Landâ€â€”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...