OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR FINANCIAL BENEFITS JANUARY 16 – 25 FOR ALL GFT MEMBERS
GFT members have a great opportunity to receive life insurance, retirement and supplemental medical income benefits from United Financial Services. Open enrollment for members begins on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 to Thursday, January 25, 2018 at the GFT Office from...
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 SECTOR, PUBLIC GOOD
In 2008, my local union was approached by librarians in Saugus, Mass. They wanted to form a union. As the only city workers without a union, they were easy targets during budget cuts and hadn’t had a raise in four years. It worked out. But I sure got a taste of the...
BILL IN CONGRESS WOULD SAVE OR CREATE 675,000+ LOCAL JOBS
If the Local Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4812) becomes law, it will create or save more than 675,000 local community jobs and more than 250,000 education jobs, according to the latest estimates from the House Education and Labor Committee. In a letter from the...
NEW ER&D SUMMER SCHEDULE AVAILABLE!
“The classes that we offer in ER&D are outstanding classes. They’re really different then what are usually taught to teachersâ€, Dana Figirliyong, Director of ER&D Program. In 1981, the AFT noticed new teachers were leaving the profession within their first five...
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...
BIDEN: GROWING CONSTRUCTION JOBS GROWS THE MIDDLE CLASS
Pointing to an unemployment rate—nearly 25 percent—for construction workers that is “unacceptably high,†Vice President Joe Biden yesterday told some 3,000 delegates to the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) legislative conference:...
COURT UPHOLDS OSHA’S POWER TO PROTECT WORKERS
In a major win for workers’ safety on the job, a federal appeals court upheld the power of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to determine how to craft and enforce workplace safety rules. The saga began when Eric Ho, a contractor in Houston,...
GFT MEMBERS AND STAFF RAISE FUNDS FOR GUAM’S AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE!
Team GFT United for a Cure hosted the 2nd Annual Heavenly Sweets yesterday in efforts to raise funds for this year’s Relay for Life event. As we all know we are affected one way or another by this unfortunate illness. It was good to see several GFT Member friends...
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOR CONTRIBUTING TO HEAVENLY SWEETS
Fashion Show Models: Severina Koss Adrianne Delos Santos Bonita Pangelinan Christiana Williams Jamae Sabangan Kristina Dela Cruz Catherine Manlapaz Theresa Manibusan Jessibelle Loomis Jennifer Cruz Jordan Fisher Teddy Nelson Jay William Anthony Babauta Donated Prizes:...
STUDY: UNION CONSTRUCTION JOBS HELP ECONOMY
A new study shows union construction jobs not only provide workers with a good middle-class income, but the benefits extend to the communities and states where they live. The report, “The Socio-Economic Impacts of Construction Unionization in Massachusetts,†by...
FLORIDA EDUCATORS TURN BACK ANTI-TEACHER BILL
Grit, determination and grass-roots action made the difference for Florida AFT members, who succeeded in defeating controversial legislation in their state that would have used student test scores to target teacher rights and collaborative education reform. Florida...
CHIEF WANTS TO OUTSOURCE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT?
After weeks of negotiations between GFT and the Guam Fire Department (GFD) an agreement was reached but the Fire Chief refused to sign it. We went back to the table with his negotiating team and another Tentative Agreement was reached but it also was not signed....
AG: CAN WE MEET?
On March 17, 2010, President Rector sent a letter asking the AG to meet so that they could establish her agency’s position on collective bargaining for Public servants as a result of Assistant AG Keeler’s GFD contract. In an effort to save time and money for...