CHARTER SCHOOLS: CUT IT OR FUND IT
If Guam had unlimited funding and could keep all its schools open, public and charter, then there would not be a request to close charter schools. However, the enrollment numbers of public schools have not significantly dwindled because of the opening of charter...
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.
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...
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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...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Yoyo is a young male dog looking for a new home. He's about 6 months old and he has a reddish brown coloring. He's a little bigger than a low-rider. His legs are a little longer. Yoyo likes kids, cats and other dogs. He's looking for a family that will play with him...
GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK
Lily is a beautiful female Lilac Point Siamese. Her coloring is incredible. She's between 1 and 2 years old and she's very frightened about being at GAIN. She's been spayed, declawed and she likes kids. It will take a little time to get to know Lily because she is so...
GFT WINS 5 COMMUNICATION AWARDS!
Once again, GFT’s communication efforts won 5 awards in this year’s AFT Communications Awards Contest Class II Division (2,001 to 9,999 members)! GFT communication has evolved from a small print newsletter that was compiled by a single staffer to a larger...
GFT MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THEIR FREE & DEMOCRATIC TRADE UNION
GFT members participated in their Free and Democratic Trade Union at last Friday’s General Membership meeting. It was a great example of democracy in action as members discussed issues, made motions and worked for the good of our great union. Members can now get...
FORUM ASKS: DOES WHISTLEBLOWER LAW PROTECT WORKERS?
What happens to a private-sector worker who blows the whistle on unethical, discriminatory, unsafe and even sometimes downright illegal actions in the workplace? Federal law is supposed to protect the worker from retaliation. But is that law protecting workers from...
NURSES TAKE TO THE STREETS IN POWERFUL DISPLAY OF SOLIDARITY
Nearly 3,000 Twin Cities nurses took to the streets Thursday in a powerful display of solidarity, conducting informational picketing outside three area hospitals. With video. They were joined by hundreds of supporters from other unions and the community. continue...