2018 GFT ELECTION
To vote in the GFT Election, you must be a member in good standing on or before the date of election. Voting by Absentee Ballot is allowed within four days preceding the election day at the GFT Office 8am - 5pm. GFT - AFT CONVENTION DELEGATE ELECTION: Saturday, March...
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.
GOVERNOR LINGLE TO VETO ANTI SEX-TRAFFICKING BILL
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PRESIDENT RECTOR PRESENTS IN LONDON
Our brothers and sisters from the International Transportation Workers Federation (ITF) invited President Rector to share communication ideas for their Public Service campaign in London last week. President Rector presented on the various media GFT has used in the...
AGREEMENT WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN SAN FRANCISCO
United Educators of San Francisco has reached an agreement with the San Francisco Unified School District that will save the jobs of hundreds of teachers and paraprofessionals. In order to deal with a two-year budget deficit of more than $100 million, the...
1,000 NURSES RALLY FOR SAFE STAFFING
Some 1,000 registered nurses from around the country rallied on Capitol Hill yesterday to show their strong support for legislation to establish minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for all hospitals in the country. The bill is modeled after a California state law that...
SPLASH INTO SUMMER AT TARZA FOR GFT APPRECIATION DAY!
Splash into Summer at Tarza on Saturday, June 5, 2010! GFT Members and their friends and family can enjoy a fun day at Tarza with a special rate for ONE DAY ONLY! Adult rate (12yrs & above) is $16.50 (includes admission & meal) and Child rate (5-11yrs) $13 (includes...
FIELD REP POSITION AVAILABLE AT GFT!
Interested applicants can email their resume to jobs@gftunion.com.
PUBLIC GOOD VS. PRIVATE PROFIT: IMAGINE SCHOOLS, INC. IN OHIO
Imagine Schools, Inc., is the nation’s largest for-profit charter school management company, with 71 schools nationwide and 11 in Ohio. This report found that Imagine, Inc. has a poor record of performance in Ohio and a business model that includes elaborate school...
‘SHOW US THE TAX BREAKS’ DEBUTS IN WASHINGTON
We’ve all seen big corporations dangle the promise of jobs and economic nirvana over the heads of competing local and state governments, demanding they roll over and offer up big tax breaks, subsidies and other “incentives.†Whoever offers the best corporate...
TEACHER FURLOUGH PAY TO BE DISCUSSED AT TONIGHT’S GEPB MEETING
Last month, we won a huge victory when the Guam Education Policy Board (GEPB) unanimously voted to order the Superintendent to pay back teachers for the illegal furlough of SY ’03-’04. While that was a great victory, we are not done until every teacher has a check...
ATTN: MEMBERS
GFT’S NOTARY SERVICES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
CALIFORNIA UNION MEMBERS’ GRASSROOTS BLITZ SPOTLIGHTS MEG WHITMAN’S WALL STREET AGENDA
In an increasingly impersonal political campaign environment saturated with slick TV ads and radio spots, many working families have difficulty discerning the truth from campaign spin…unless they’re union members. That’s because the grassroots labor campaign...
RULE CHANGE FAVORS UNIONS AT AIRLINES, RAILROADS
In a major victory for organized labor, unions will have an easier time signing up airline and railroad workers after the Obama administration Monday changed a 76-year-old rule on union elections. The change is the most significant so far in a string of White House...