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WHY GOV CALVO IS WRONG

Updated Feb 3, 2012 4:30 am



 

CALVO: “All the major decisions governing the budget, staffing and even the curriculum of public schools is vested in the union by virtue of the contract the government entered with the GFT five years ago.”
 
THE TRUTH
Budget: If the union had the ability to set the budget it would be at $500M which would bring it up to the national average.  That would ensure that teachers have the text books, learning aids, computers and paper they need to educate our children.  It would give DOE enough money to properly maintain our schools so our children are safe.
 
Staffing:  The only staffing that has any significant impact is class size.  Study after study has proven that the student to teacher ratio is the number one factor affecting a child’s ability to learn, and we are quite proud to have been able to keep our class sizes reasonable.
 
Curriculum:  Teachers only have an advisory role on curriculum.  The Contract gives them a right to sit on committees to provide input but in no way do they have the power to set curriculum.  Teachers should have the right to have a say in what and how they teach.  Who knows better what their students need than their teacher?
THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES, STATE BY STATE

Updated Feb 2, 2012 6:31 pm

 

It seems there’s no public service or piece of property that private companies are not eyeing as potential revenue streams.  While funding anti-government think tanks like the American Legislative Exchange Council
GOV CALVO COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET

Updated Jan 31, 2012 11:53 pm

 

CALVO: “If you take on the duties of cleaning your own classrooms with  your students… supervise children in the hallways on a rotational basis… and make sure kids are safe in the cafeteria, the play
L.A. TRANSPORTATION PLA OFFERS LIFELINE FOR LONG¬-TERM JOBLESS, HOMELESS

Updated Jan 31, 2012 11:15 pm

The city of Los Angeles and its mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, have been leading the national push for Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) to help create jobs for local workers. This trend continued last Thursday as the city and the Los Angeles Count

PORT NEGOTIATIONS RESUME!

Updated Jan 29, 2012 11:03 pm

Anxious workers at the Port can finally look forward to getting a contract.  After several months of a standstill, the Port’s GM, Pedro Leon Guerrero, responded to President Matt Rector accepting to resume contract negotiations. &nbs

USW OIL WORKERS SET STAGE TO BARGAIN FOR SAFE REFINERIES, GOOD JOBS

Updated Jan 29, 2012 10:17 pm

 

Three years ago, members of the United Steelworkers (USW) went to the bargaining table with the big oil companies to negotiate changes to health and safety programs at oil refineries that would keep workers safe. Across the
HIRE LOCALS FIRST

Updated Jan 26, 2012 11:02 pm

 

The Guam Military Build-up recruiting standards that the U.S. Department of Labor recently released is a great victory for Guam’s families as this will help create jobs and circulate more money into our economy.  
LABOR, MANAGEMENT PARTNER TO CREATE JOBS IN WASH. STATE

Updated Jan 26, 2012 10:26 pm

 

Here’s a bipartisan solution: Labor and management working together to create jobs.  In Washington State, where construction workers are experiencing up to 50 percent unemployment, a labor-management coalition is
GFT’S CHAMORRO PHRASE OF THE WEEK BROUGHT TO YOU BY LEARN CHAMORRO

Updated Jan 26, 2012 5:30 pm

Yute’ basulå-mu. (Throw the trash away )

WE NEED EDUCATION EQUITY

Updated Jan 25, 2012 4:36 pm

With more than half of our children in public schools under the free or reduced lunch program, this indicates the wide gap of social inequality with Guam’s public education.  Anu Partanen, a Finnish Journalist, wrote a great article

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON WED. FEB. 1, 2012

Updated Jan 25, 2012 4:32 pm

 

The next General Membership Meeting will be on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the GFT Compound at 5:30pm.  Members are highly encouraged to attend for updates on collective bargaining, issues at various agencies, upcomi
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HELPS REAL PEOPLE IN REAL WAYS

Updated Jan 24, 2012 9:19 pm

 

Republican presidential campaign pyrotechnics can’t hide the record of a party that has turned its back on ordinary Americans. It’s worth remembering how, a year ago, the Republican-majority House of Representati
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