CCU APPROVES FIRST GFT – GWA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT!
The Consolidated Commission on Utilities (CCU) approved the very first GFT - GWA Collective Bargaining Agreement on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at the CCU meeting. The agreement has been signed and ratified by GFT, GWA and the CCU. The agreement is now active...
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.
JESUS DIDNT APPLY FOR SUPERENTENDENT
Our elected officials expect miracles from GPSS. While they fund our public school system by less than 1/3 of the national average they expect it to outperform the rest of the nation. No superintendent will ever be able to achieve this miracle, especially when they...
MORE MOTIVATION!
Recruit 1 new member and get a FREE GFT T-Shirt Recruit 3 members and get a FREE iPod! Recruit 20 members and get a FREE one night hotel stay
HELP A FELLOW GFT MEMBER
Susan Arki is fundraising for her son who needs off-island cancer treatment. She is selling an All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet at Joys Restaurant at the Compadres Mall for $12. Tickets can be redeemed anytime between June 24 and July 12. The restaurant is open Mon-Sun...
DID YOU KNOW?
• When women take time out of the workforce they face huge wage hits, or pay cuts, when they later return to the workforce (as 74% do within two years). • Studies show an investment in quality early education for preschoolers saves money in the long run by...
SEND YOUR PRAYERS FOR GFT MEMBER
Please keep Ms. Joyce Kaneshiro (GPSS- Central Office Employee) in your prayers. Ms. Joyce is currently off island for medical treatment. She will be undergoing surgery sometime next week.
RARE JAPANESE LABOR WIN PROMPTS NEW FEARS
Voluntary overtime may become a thing of the past, as companies such as Toyota and McDonalds start paying employees for extra work Its not easy being a worker in Japan. In big cities such as Tokyo or Osaka, salarymen still start the day early, work long into the...
GOVERNMENT STEPS UNITE CZECH UNIONS
Milan Stech, chairman of the Czech umbrella CMKOS trade union confederation, told journalists Wednesday that 985,000 people, including 306,000 civil servants, participated in a one-hour token strike the CMKOS staged on Tuesday. The government has thus managed to unite...
ENERGY DEMAND WILL GROW
The government predicted that, despite persistently high oil prices, global energy demand will grow by 50 percent over the next two decades with continued heavy reliance on environmentally troublesome fossil fuels, especially coal and oil. The projections by the...
HOW ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AFFECT RETIREMENT DECISIONS
Younger workers struggling to find a job now have something else to worry about: older workers with little choice but to keep working, even in a weak labor market. The decades-long postwar trend toward earlier retirement reversed itself in the 1990s, as fewer workers...
GFT MEMBERS CAN ENJOY $5 OFF THE BLACKBERRY PLAN AT GTA MPULSE!
Sign up today at GTA under the GFT Plan. The BlackBerry Plan is only $34.95 per month includes Unlimited Internet Web Browsing! Call 644-4GTA for more information.
SUPPORT OUR YOUTH
The Babe Ruth All Star Team will be having a Car Wash/Rummage Sale on Sunday, June 29, 2008 from 10 – 3 p.m at the Father Duenas Catholic School, Mangilao.
BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE
The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green for All and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, have launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign. Running through the fall, the...