CUSTOMS OFFICERS SUBMIT TESTIMONY ON POST FITNESS STANDARDS
Officer members at the Guam Customs and Quarantine submitted a written testimony to Senator Telena Nelson regarding concerns with the P.O.S.T. Commission AFI PFQT (Physical Fitness Qualification Test) Requirements set in Public Law 32-232 which will affect the...
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.
AT&T WORKERS, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND WRITERS WIN UNION VICTORIES
More than 300 workers at AT&T Mobility have chosen a voice with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in the past five weeks, providing more proof that workers want the Employee Free Choice Act. If enacted, the bill would give workers the option of choosing...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Milo will be the life of the party with unrestricted enthusiasm if you let him. His small stature will not hold him back from happily sharing the space of a yard with a willing companion. The mounting pressure of separating from the lifestyle he was accustomed to will...
GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK
Sorra wants to bring her vivid personality to life but needs a home to explore in security. She intends to have a dramatic effect on everyday events that distract you from finding enjoyment in simple pleasures. Her in-depth view from her perches will make wonder and...
WE NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM NOW!
Our U.S. Congress is currently in session and the big push we need to make is for Health care reform to include a public option. Next week, Senator Matt Rector will be joining the Progressive States Network to make sure Guam is included in the reform. Our island...
JOBS VS. BOTTOM LINE IN MEGA MILITARY PROJECT: BILL WOULD GIVE GUAM BASE EXPANSION JOBS TO U.S. WORKERS, BUT AT HEFTY COST
In the midst of a recession that has cost millions of Americans their jobs, a massive military construction project on the U.S. territory of Guam is provoking a unique debate that boils down to this deceptively simple question: Should the government be more concerned...
JUDGE SLAMS PACIFIC BEACH:THE HOTEL MUST REINSTATE FIRED WORKERS IN A RULING THAT UPHOLDS 15 OF 16 LABOR BOARD CHARGES
An administrative law judge has issued a benchmark ruling that could return jobs to some of the Pacific Beach Hotel workers who lost them during a more than two-year labor dispute. A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled this week that the Pacific Beach Hotel...
IS THE MILITARY BUILD UP REALLY GOOD FOR US?
The Joint Guam Program Office presented their draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Marine relocation to Guam. Part of the plan includes the Department of Defense drilling their own wells into our aquifer without any say from the people of Guam. One of Guam’s...
WORKING CLASS HERO: TOMMY ARCEO
Senator Rector presented a resolution on Friday, October 2nd to Working Class Hero, Tommy Arceo, a Bus Driver for the Department of Public Works, for his outstanding citizenship and accomplishments for the community of Guam.
SOCIAL MEDIA: NEW TOOLS AID IN ORGANIZING
They’re tweeting in Northern California about the Employee Free Choice Act, sharing about health care reform on Facebook in Montana and posting organizing messages on My Space for workers in York, Pa. Across the country, union members are using the new social media...
TOMATO WORKERS SCORE HUGE VICTORY
In a huge win for farm workers, one of the nation’s top food service and management companies reached an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to improve working conditions and give a raise directly to Florida’s tomato harvesters. The pact...
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GFT is proud to offer free notary services for members and their spouse. Please call the office at #735-4390 at least a day in advance for notary services.
GFT GUAM’S LOCAL UNION: ADVOCATING FOR WORKERS SINCE 1965
GFT Guam’s Local Union was first charted in 1965, organized by contracted teachers whose main goal was to “establish better relations between teachers and their administrators through collective bargaining agreementsâ€. By the late 1990s to 2000, GFT expanded to...