SPECIAL GEB MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 AT SUPERINTENDENT’S CONFERENCE ROOM 6PM
The Guam Education Board will be holding a special meeting on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at the Superintendent's conference room in Tiyan at 6pm. Teachers, students, parents and all other stakeholders are highly encouraged to attend.
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.
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...
WORLD REFUGEE DAY, HELD ON JUNE 20, CELEBRATES THE LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF REFUGEES EVERYWHERE.
Established in 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly, World Refugee Day was first celebrated in 2001. The date of June 20 was chosen to coincide with Africa Refugee Day. Each year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) selects a theme and...
WE JUST GOT NEWS THAT THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS LIKELY GOING TO VOTE TOMORROW ON THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT (HR 5781).
Wow! This is huge! If we pass this bill for federal employees, then well be one step closer to paid family leave for everyone. Everyone needs paid family and medical leave and its past time to start putting this policy in place. Its time for the federal government to...
SAUDIS TO BOOST OIL PRODUCTION
Saudi Arabia is considering boosting oil production to its highest level in more than 25 years in order to bring down record prices and ease political pressure from the U.S. and other developed countries. The kingdom would complete the development of its giant...
WORKERS, CLERGY AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATE PASSAGE OF HISTORIC CRA CONSTRUCTION POLICY
In April, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to approve a landmark policy that ensures that low income workers and their communities benefit from the construction jobs created by city redevelopment projects. The Construction Careers and Project...
WORKING PARTNERSHIPS USA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO EXPAND LIVING WAGE TO SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Last month, community, labor and faith leaders came together to call for the City of San Jose to assure that it is truly building a better airport - by ensuring a living wage, establishing increased oversight of subcontractors, and guaranteeing the highest quality,...
HEALTH INSURANCE CRISIS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Young adults, ages 19 to 29, are among the largest segments of the U.S. population without health insurance: 13.7 million lacked coverage in 2006. Many lose coverage at age 19 or upon high school or college graduation. Several states have passed laws to expand...