WHY JOIN GFT?

STRENGTH of having 3000 GFT union brothers and sisters standing with you when you need them; POWER to be part of the solution, deciding what goes into GFTs Collective Bargaining Agreements; SECURITY of not being discriminated against, wrongfully terminated, suspended...

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

One of the great things about being in GFT is the awesome benefits you get from participating companies throughout the island. We are constantly trying to add more and more benefits for you. Please email irish@gftunion.com and give us your input on what benefits you...

UNION LEADERS DENOUNCE BAILOUT PLAN

With the New York Stock Exchange as the backdrop, a collection of labor leaders and more than 300 workers converged in the Wall Street area this afternoon to condemn the Bush administrations proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system at the very moment that...

THE CHINESE UNIONIZE WAL-MART 2006

The high-rise Beijing headquarters of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on 30/1/2007, I asked Ms Guo Chen from the Grass-Roots Organization and Capacity Building Department to go through their steps of unionizing Wal-Mart. Why? The retailer Wal-Mart is...