MEMBERS CELEBRATE AT CONVENTION!
GFT's 10th Annual Convention was held on Saturday, March 25th at the Hotel Nikko. Members celebrated the successful work they have achieved in the past year with ratified collective bargaining agreements and new organizing efforts in various units....
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.
COURT HALTS MANDATORY FURLOUGHS FOR HAWAII STATE WORKERS, AND MORE BARGAINING NEWS
Multiple Unions, Hawaii: Hawaii state workers won their battle against the governor's proposals to mandate furloughs when a Circuit Court judge ruled the governor does not have the authority to unilaterally order furloughs. Gov. Linda Lingle (R) had ordered state...
HOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PROTEST TO UNIONIZE
A group trying to help construction workers unite was in Austin Monday protesting outside a KB Home board member's office. The Laborers' International Union of North America brought workers and homeowners to Texas. Their members want to change working conditions and...
$30/HR FOR A CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK DRIVER! ANYONE INTERESTED?
If Hawaii Representative Neil Abercrombie's amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act passes in senate then a Concrete Mixer Truck Driver will be getting paid $30/hr and a Plumber would be making $34.60/hr. We now have an outside representative that is...
ILIKAI CLOSES BUT WILL REOPEN WITH NEW UNION DEAL
A day after the iconic Ilikai hotel shut down, its new owner and a labor union say the Waikiki landmark will soon be back in business. Employees were downcast on their last day at work on Thursday, when hotel operations creased on order from New York-based iStar...
AUSTRALIA: PAY WIN FOR SHORT CHANGED TEENS
TEENAGE girls working for a clothing retailer have been reimbursed $10,000 because an investigation found they were being underpaid. Fair Work Ombudsman executive director Michael Campbell said the girls were former and current employees of an all-female clothing...
THANK YOU SENATOR ADA
Since 1970 GFT members have been fighting for the right to negotiate pay for Guam's public servants and now thanks to Senator Tom Ada, the hard working men and women that load and unload ships can now be able to negotiate their wages. Substitute Bill 142 was passed by...
HAWAII REP. ABERCROMBIE FIGHTS FOR GUAM’S WORKING FAMILIES!
Senator Rector was able to tell the story of Guam's workers to Rep. Abercrombie and his staff in DC last month. Now Abercrombie is behind the workers of Guam and is ensuring the quality of life improves for everyone and not just the privileged few. "There's no way...
FREE TB SHOTS FOR GFT MEMBERS, THEIR SPOUSE & DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TB Shots will be given on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at the GFT Office from 9am to 3pm. Please bring shot records or any other documents needed for your workplace or school. Shots are limited; it will be a First come First serve basis.
TRUMKA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR AFL-CIO PRESIDENT
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka this morning announced his candidacy for president of the AFL-CIO to succeed the retiring John Sweeney. Trumka has served as AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer since 1995. Gregory Junemann, president of the International Federation...
JUST ANOTHER COG IN THE MACHINE
"A union can make a big difference to people's perceptions of a job," says John Wood of the Trades Union Congress in Britain. And he's made this clever little video which has got to be seen by anyone who needs a union in their workplace but doesn't yet know that:...
CHECK OUT THE UPCOMING MICRONESIAN FOOD FAIR!
The Micronesian Food Fair will be this Saturday and Sunday July 11th & 12th at the Gill-Baza Subdivision in Yigo from 2-7pm. FREE ADMISSION! continue reading
GAIN’S DOG OF THE WEEK
Harbor will ease into a lifestyle laced with relaxation as long as he will still have time to protect the yard he shares with his new family. He does find time to let the puppy he has trapped inside romp out the trapped energy in the company of kids or other dogs...