Telling Tales with Trash
Hafa Adai Educators! My name is Christian San Nicolas, one of the Program Coordinators with the Micronesia Climate Change Alliance, a local Non-Profit Organisation dedicated to building community-based solutions to the climate crisis! Our organization was recently...
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.
MAKE HISTORY THIS THANKSGIVING
The presidential election has exposed great divisions in our country. We often don't listen to or hear each other. AFT partner StoryCorps is helping heal these wounds by honoring and sharing the stories of all Americans. As we did last year, the AFT and StoryCorps...
HELP PROTECT THE ONES YOU LOVE
Join the thousands of union members who entrust their family's future security with AFT+ Life Insurance! AFT= kprovides economical term life insurance coverage for union members actively at work and their spouses. Contact the GFT Office at 735-4390 for...
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: MON. NOV14 AT 630PM
The next General Membership meeting will be on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 6:30pm at the UOG SBPA Multi-purpose room. Members are highly encouraged to attend for updates on collective bargaining agreements, current issues, upcoming events and other union news....
VOTE TODAY!
Don't forget to head over to the polls and vote!
FOURTEEN GFT MEMBERS AT GWA WIN BACK PROMOTIONS
Fourteen employees at the Guam Waterworks Authority won back their promotions after management rescinded the new position and pay. In 2015, the employees were given promotions with official documentation. However, a few months later the promotions were...
PLEASE HELP MEMBER LORETTA HAM
Fellow GFT member, Loretta Ham, of Department of Public Health and Social Services, is in need of sick leave. If you would like to help by donating some of your sick leave, then please contact the GFT Office at 735-4390. Any help is greatly appreciated.
GFT – GMHA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO BE ON BOARD AGENDA
The GFT – GMHA Nurse’s Collective Bargaining negotiation ground rules will be on the December GMHA Board meeting agenda for approval. Once signed by the Board Chairman, official negotiation meetings will begin. GFT received exclusive...
PIZZA HUT BOOK-ITS AVAILABLE!
Stewards in elementary and middle schools may come by the GFT Office to pick up Pizza Hut Book-Its. Schools with no stewards may send a representative to pick up the packets. Packets will be given out on a first come, first serve basis.
QUIZ NIGHT FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY!
Purchase your tickets for the Habitat for Humanity Quiz Night on Friday, October 28th at the Sheraton Resort! Call 647-4667 or 565-6480 for more information.
GFT MEMBER WINS ADVERSE ACTION APPEAL AT PORT!
GFT Member and former employee of the Port Authority of Guam, Ken Yoshida, was given a fifteen-day suspension in 2013 by the Port Authority Management alleging that Yoshida failed to follow the break schedule and took an unauthorized break. Management did not...
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
Join the thousands of union members who entrust their family’s future security with AFT+ Life Insurance! AFT+ Life Insurance provides economical term-life insurance coverage for union members actively at work and their spouses. There is no...
SEND YOUR TESTIMONY ON BILL 317
The Public Hearing for Bill 317-33 regarding Guam’s membership with the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE) program was held Thursday, September 29th but written testimonies may still be submitted to senator@senatorbjcruz.com until ten days...