GFD & GFT PREPARE TO WRAP UP CBA NEGOTIATIONS
GFD Chief Negotiator, Assistant Fire Chief Michael Uncangco, and GFT Chief Negotiator, Daniel Del Priore met on Thursday to finalize the GFT – GFD Collective Bargaining Agreement for Firefighters, Fire Service Specialists and E911 Emergency Medical Dispatchers....
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.
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...
CALL A DAY IN ADVANCE FOR GFT NOTARY SERVICES
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...
DISCLOSURES OF EMPLOYERS WHOSE WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS ARE USING STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS
Since the mid-20th Century, most Americans have obtained health insurance through workplace-based coverage. In recent years there has been a decline in such coverage caused by a rise in the number of jobs that do not provide coverage at all and growth in the number of...
HOTEL WORKERS LAUNCH NATIONWIDE ‘HOPE FOR HOUSEKEEPERS’ TOUR
They clean our hotel rooms—some as many as 30 times a day—with few benefits. Now the housekeepers at some of the nation’s top hotel chains are joining with women’s rights, student, community and clergy leaders to shine a light on the abuses in the hotel...
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Ben has tried to be the best he could to use his talents but needs the right influence to help bring his capabilities into full use. He hopes to leave his domineering attitude toward other male dogs at the veterinarian’s office when you take him home because he...
GAIN’S CAT OF THE WEEK
Electra will energize herself with whatever is leftover in the food dish after the strenuous naps she takes to revive her little beast. When she decides that the laundry basket will be her fortress for the day she will be ready for your invasion with her batting paws....
WHAT BENEFITS ARE THE PEOPLE OF GUAM GETTING WITH $2,500/MO. RENTAL SPACE?
The GFT has given an incredible deal for the Office of Senator Matt Rector. The deal gives a lot more value for the people of Guam’s money than probably any other senatorial office. Let’s take a look at what the people of Guam get for $2,500 per month. Included in...
MICHAEL MOORE SHOWS SCRAPPY UNION SOME LOVE IN ‘CAPITALISM’
Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, is an infuriating, somewhat terrifying and hilarious look at life and politics in the USA. It includes the creepy revelation that your employer may well hold a “Dead Peasants†life insurance policy on you,...