OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR ALL GFT MEMBERS!
GFT members have a great opportunity to receive life insurance, retirement and supplemental medical income benefits from United Financial Services. Enrollment will continue throughout the year for members! For more information, contact the GFT office at 735-4390 or...
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.
NEW EPISODE FOR THE WORKING FAMILY TV SHOW!
Check out a new episode of The Working Family TV Show on Fox6 tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7:30pm and Sunday at 5:30pm hosted by Russchel Seballos Blas, fellow GFT Member at Carbullido Elementary School. We have a new segment, your Working Family News, where you will get...
REPORT SHOWS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE NOT OVERCOMPENSATED
Next time you are watching the news, and you hear a story about state and local government employees' pay and benefits breaking government budgets—turn the channel. If your newspaper runs a story about how public employees' compensation is bleeding taxpayers...
MAY DAY 2010 SF WORKERS SPEAK OUT “STOP THE ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS”
On May Day 2010 thousands of trade unionists and immigrant workers marched and rallied in San Francisco. Union contingents included the LIUNA, Unite HERE, SEIU Local 87 and SEIU 24/7. Many workers were protesting the Arizona's new anti-immigrant and anti-labor laws...
UNION DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENCY
Asking questions and getting involved in our union’s democracy is not only acceptable but is highly encouraged. That’s why over the last few years we have invested a lot of time and money to grow our ability to communicate with our members so that they can be...
GFT CELEBRATES ARBOR DAY!
GFT members and staff planted various trees today around the GFT Compound in Mangilao in celebration of Arbor Day. Arbor Day was founded by J. Sterling Morton from Detroit who strongly advocated tree planting. When he became Secretary of Nebraska he proposed the...
FELLOW SISTER IN NEED OF LEAVE DONATION
Fellow sister Theresa Elvy Taitano, a Chamorro teacher at Okkodu High School, is in need of leave donations for off-island medical treatment. If you would like to help, then please call the GFT Office at #735-4390.
WALL STREET REFORM ACTIONS GO NATIONWIDE
When Wells Fargo shareholders gather for the big bank’s annual shareholders meeting today in San Francisco, they’ll have a lot of company—about 1,000 workers and community and religious activists. They plan to tell Wells Fargo CEOs it’s time to start paying...
PRESIDENT OBAMA: “I AM A PRO-UNION GUY.”
"I've said this before publicly and I'll say it again, I make no apologies for it. I am a pro-union guy. "Our unions helped build our middle class. We take for granted so much stuff -- minimum wage laws, 40-hour work week, overtime, child labor laws. Those things...
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING FRI. MAY 7TH @ 5:30PM UNION HALL
General Membership Meeting will be on Friday, May 7th at the GFT Union Hall 5:30pm. Please attend to discuss the latest union news and issues with your agency.
PLANT TREES WITH GFT FOR ARBOR DAY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 30!
In celebration of Arbor Day, GFT will be planting trees on Friday, April 30th at the GFT Compound. We will also be showing Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Storyâ€. Feel free to help out and bring the whole family down. There will be a potluck as well. For...
WE CAN WIN FAIR PAY TOGETHER
The new Hay Study that was released yesterday confirmed what we have been saying all along: Guam’s Public Servants are underpaid by 59%!!! Unfortunately, the study is just a piece of paper that creates new national average pay scales but does not recommend...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Sam is a pretty little dog. He looks like he's about a year old and I think he has some Shetland Sheepdog AKA Miniature Colly in his background because of his beautiful coat. Sam likes everybody. Cats, kids, dogs, you name it, Sam likes it. He's very playful and he's...