GDOE BRIP PAY IN BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE
At this month’s Guam Education Board meeting, GDOE Superintendent, Jon Fernandez, stated a letter will be forthcoming regarding teachers who are owed payments for BRIP (Bonus, Rewards, and Incentives Program). Mark Mendiola, Board Chair for the Finance...
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.
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INVEST IN OUR CURRENT PUBLIC WORKERS!
Performance Management Contracts (PMC): Is this better for the people of Guam? The issue on PMCs has currently been one of the heated discussions our legislature. This is an effort to hire private companies to manage government operations, facilities, and/or services....
HOUSE HEALTH REFORM BILL WOULD COVER MILLIONS—AFFORDABLY
Today, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a comprehensive reform bill that would guarantee coverage for 96 percent of the U.S. public. Among other things, the bill, H.R. 3962, includes a public option, expands Medicaid coverage to families who earn up to 150...
22,000 L.A. WORKERS WIN PACT WITH CITY THAT SAVES JOBS—AND MORE BARGAINING NEWS
Multiple, City of Los Angeles: The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved a pact with the Los Angeles Coalition of City Unions, a group made up of AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions and representing 22,000 city workers. The agreement avoids layoffs and furloughs...
LEGISLATURE IN SESSION: TAKE PART IN YOUR DEMOCRACY!
For the next two weeks our 30th Guam Legislature will be in session. The voting on approved bills is scheduled for Friday, November 13th. Several bills that will affect you and your family will be voted on and this is your chance to take part in your democracy. Call...
HAPPY ALL SOUL’S DAY!
As our public workers were fortunate enough to have today off, our private sector workers were not. All Soul’s Day should be a public holiday so that both public and private sector workers can have the day off to visit their past loved ones. If workers had to work...
UNIONS WIN CONCESSIONS BUT FIGHT ON
Organized labor is flexing its muscle in Senate negotiations over healthcare reform and winning important concessions from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Reid has not given labor unions everything. But he has done enough to keep them from turning...
UNION VOTES GO AGAINST CUTS AT FORD
Many workers at the Ford Motor Company are signaling that they are unwilling to help the automaker cut its labor costs further, by voting against what would be the third round of concessions in the last two years. Members of at least five local chapters of the United...
GUAM’S TREAT THIS HALLOWEEN: NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM!
What’s a better treat than all those yummy candies this Halloween? National Health Care Reform for Guam! President Obama says, “It will provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance. It will provide insurance to those who don’t. And it...
WORKING CLASS HERO: MANUEL TIONG
Senator Matt Rector presented the Working Class Hero Resolution to Manuel Tiong, Guam Airport Police Officer, on Thursday, October 29, 2009 for his hard work and dedication, not just to his job, but to all the People of Guam.
SCARIEST PUMPKIN EVER
Halloween is a time for scary things: Ghosts, vampires, witches…you know the list. But in the real world there are things far more frightening than fangs and broomsticks that somehow never get etched onto a pumpkin. You can chase a vampire away with some garlic or...
WHERE THINGS ARE MADE
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is a key speaker at tomorrow’s Building the New Economy conference here in Washington, D.C. United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard and economist Jeff Madrick also are among the keynote speakers. To our nation’s peril, the free...