VOTE FOR GUAM TEACHER TODAY: AFT EVERYDAY HERO
GFT member and teacher at Vicente Benavente Middle School, Ron Espina, has been selected as a finalist for the AFT Everyday Hero Award. Recipients of the award will be recognized for going beyond their daily responsibilities and making a difference every day in...
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.
STEELWORKERS INCREASE WAGES, IMPROVE PENSIONS AND BENEFITS IN 4-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH U.S. STEEL
The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that a tentative new 4-year agreement has been reached with U.S. Steel that provides very significant wage, substantial bonus and pension increases and improves benefit programs for active employees and retirees as well as...
PUBLIC SAFTEY + 40%!$!$!
Thanks GPD members participating in our democracy and personal lobbying by GFT President Rector, Public Safety workers have received a 10% raise every year for the next four years beginning October 1. It must be an election year! As much as this raise is needed for...
COPS 40%, TEACHERS 14%, NURSES 35%, EVERYONE ELSE 0%
Every public servant deserves fair and equitable treatment and a living wage. Over the last decade our Legislature has destroyed the unified pay scale, taken away rights and benefits, eliminated the defined benefit plan and produced the worst health insurance plan for...
MATT RECTOR ENDORSED BY PAGKAKAISA NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA TRANSPORTASYON
On Wednesday August 14, President Edgar Bilayon of the PMT sent an email on behalf of his union endorsing Matt Rector’s bid for Senator. â€Dear Matt, I am elated to know that you are running for senator, that is a very encouraging news, GO GO our dear friend, the...
GW/JFK, DISASTER IN THE MAKING
Have you been in the GW area around noon? Count your blessings if you’ve manage to avoid it and say your prayers that there hasn’t been an emergency yet. With the overwhelming mass of vehicles and bodies clogging the few two lane roads in the area if there was an...
GFT PRESIDENT MATT RECTOR ATTEMPTS TO AVERT TRAGEDY
Thanks to GFT’s unique position of representing workers in every agency affecting the GW/JFK situation President Rector has been working with teachers, firefighters, bus drivers and police officers to figure out a solution that would improve the quality of education...
GFT SEEKS COURT ORDER FOR TEACHERS $3.8M PLUS
After years of trying to get teachers repaid for the paycheck the first Guam Education Policy Board stole from GPSS teachers, GFT has returned to court again. Yesterday, 8-14-08, GFT attorneys filed for a writ mandate the GPSS pay teachers the $3.8 M that they owe...
$5 OFF THE BLACKBERRY PLAN
Sign up for a new account under the GFT Plan at GTA MPULSE and get $5 Off the BlackBerry Plan Unlimited Internet Web Browsing. You also get $5 off the Basic, Plus & Promo Plans. Some conditions apply. Call GTA at 644-4482 for more details!
CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT PASSED
Both houses of Congress passed the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act, which enacts the toughest lead standards in the world and bans six phthalates from children’s products! MomsRising.org members were critical in carrying this legislation to victory. Thanks...
INDONESIA: TELL SOL MELIA HOTEL TO RESPECT WORKERS RIGHTS
As trade unionists have long known, sometimes it’s not enough to get a signed collective agreement with an employer. Sometimes, you’ve got to force to employer to implement what they’ve already agreed to. That’s the case in Indonesia, where a Spanish-owned...
UK: INNOVATIVE NEW CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
The public sector union UNISON is trying out an innovative new approach to campaigns using cutting-edge tools like Google Earth, YouTube and Flickr. As low-paid public sector workers gear up for a major strike this week, the union is encouraging people from around the...
GET READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR!
After a long summer of fun, it’s finally over and time to get back to school! Let’s take this time to jot down a list of things to improve in your classroom or your child’s education. Improving on the little things can lead to great changes in the...