GFT Annual TB Skin Test August 7, 2021

  Register for the GFT Annual TB Skin Test by Clicking Here   Date: August 7, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Place: GFT Office The event is for GFT members and their immediate family only.  Non-members may sign-up to become GFT members to qualify. Pl...

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Jul 15, 2021
High School Teacher Pay Comparison May 2020

Guam’s average pay for teachers severely lags behind the national average, and it is getting further behind. The labor laws in Guam do not allow GFT to negotiate pay for teachers; instead, it is up to the Guam Legislature. In addition, the Guam Legis...

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Jul 15, 2021
Middle School Teacher Pay Comparison May 2020

Guam’s average pay for teachers severely lags behind the national average, and it is getting further behind. The labor laws in Guam do not allow GFT to negotiate pay for teachers; instead, it is up to the Guam Legislature. In addition, the Guam Legis...

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Jul 15, 2021
SY2021-2022 Calendar

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...

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Jul 02, 2021
Nurse Pay Raise

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...

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Jul 02, 2021
AFT: Juneteenth

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...

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Jun 20, 2021
Proposed SY2021-2022 Calendar

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...

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Jun 18, 2021
Juneteenth Federal Holiday

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...

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Jun 18, 2021
Biden Sets Federal Minimum Wage $15 an Hour

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...

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Jun 18, 2021