DOE TEACHER NEGOTIATIONS: SPECIAL AREAS
The GFT Negotiation team for the DOE Teachers’ Collective Bargaining Agreement will need four (4) member representatives for each Special Area: Fine Arts, Practical Arts, Special Education, Library and Audio-Visual Services, Guidance Counseling, School Health...
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.
UNION LEADERS CONFRONTED BY RESISTANCE TO OBAMA
When Mike Pyne and other union foot soldiers knock on doors to promote Senator Barack Obama, they often confront a tricky challenge: how to persuade union members to vote on the basis of their wallets rather than on issues like abortion, gun rights and race. In...
AUSTRALIA: MEDICARE STAFF SHOW THAT THEY CARE
Thousands of Medicare staff have shown that they care about getting a fair deal on pay and conditions by participating in the national week of action. Medicare staff around Australia wore green and gold stickers bearing the message I Care and held morning teas to...
WAL-MART SIGNS PACT WITH UNION IN CHINA
The Shanghai branch of the US retail giant Wal-Mart has signed a breakthrough trade union contract, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions said yesterday. The group contract was the first among all Wal-Mart outlets on the Chinese mainland and covers 1,000 workers in...
STEELWORKERS IMPROVE WAGES, PENSIONS AND JOB SECURITY IN 4-YEAR CONTRACT WITH U.S. STEEL
A new 4-year labor agreement between the United Steelworkers (USW) and U.S. Steel covering some 16,000 union members at 14 locations has been ratified by the membership in a mail-in secret ballot vote of 10,571 to 2,670, concluded here today at the unions...
FIJI EMPLOYERS FEDERATION CALLS FOR STATE HELP FOR EXPECTANT MOTHER WORKERS
Fijis Employers Federation is calling for the state to help employers pay for expectant mothers in the workplace. The Federation revealed that employers are not keen on hiring young women of child bearing age due to new labour laws on maternity leave. Federation...
A LIVING WAGE IS A CATHOLIC VALUE
The living wage is a concept central to the Catholic Social Teaching tradition beginning with the foundational document, Rerum Novarum, a papal encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, issued in 1891, to combat the excesses of both laissez-faire capitalism on the one hand and...
MACHINIST STRIKE FUND: 6 MONTHS
Boeing Co. production workers on strike since Saturday can tap $150 per week three weeks into walkout. The Machinists union has a $140 million strike fund and can sustain support for striking Boeing Co. production workers for five or six months, President Tom...
U.S. MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS
The nation paused to mark the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 on Thursday, holding ceremonies and moments of silence to commemorate the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000. President Bush led a White House gathering, while relatives of victims killed in New...
KIA MOTORS, UNION AGREE ON TENTATIVE PAY DEAL
Kia Motors Corp., an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Co., said Wednesday it has reached a tentative agreement on wages and working conditions with its labor union, in a potential move to end a series of partial strikes. The deal calls for Kia to raise the monthly basic...
DID YOU KNOW?
Women are starting their own businesses at more than double the rate of the overall population. Many are finding it difficult to get private insurance.
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We understand how difficult things are financially with bills here and there. Why not sign up under the best wireless deal on island with GTA MPULSE? You get $5 off the Basic, Plus & Promo Plans and get a free Nokia 1600 or 2610 or $50 off a premium phone when you...