On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Guam Education Board approved the revised calendar for School Year 2021 – 2022.  Should you have any inquiries, please contact your child’s school or you may email the Interim PIO at matfranquez@gdoe.net. Download PDF T...

Registered nurses in Guam will see a bump in pay reflected in their August 14, 2021 paycheck.  Thanks to actions taken by Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, this campaign promised made to GFT and to the nurse membership is long overdue.  The pay increase wi...

Today we celebrate Juneteenth. July Fourth is known to every American as Independence Day, but Black Americans had to wait nearly 100 years more for freedom. On June 19, 1865—2 1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclam...

The proposed school calendar will move PD days 2 and 3 to the beginning of the school year and moving the first day of school for students to Thursday, August 12, 2021. Friday, August 06, 2021, is still the first day for teachers. Calendars will be a...

President Biden has signed the bill into law. Juneteenth is now officially a federal holiday, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.  “I’ve only been president for several months, but I think this will go d...

Joe Biden has signed an executive order in April of this year that will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour from $10.95 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to several workers.  Governor Lou Leon Guerrero wrote to the Biden adminis...

The candidacy forms have been received and the following candidates are running for ALUTIIQ Unit Chair: Albert Perez Edward Quintanilla The election will take place Friday, February 26 from 8am – 5pm at the GFT Office. Members will also be permitted...

Last month, the Guam Department of Education held several vaccination clinics to help educators on Guam take steps to prevent the spread of  Coronavirus. According to GDOE, approximately 1400 employees have received their first does of the vaccine. T...