UPDATE Aug 6:  HSTA has decided that Abercrombie's remarks at 5:30 in this video constitute an offer to enter binding arbitration.  They have sent Abercrombie a letter "accepting" the offer.  Of course, binding arbitration would result in HSTA receiving a better contract than the one Abercrombie has imposed which would then trigger the "most favored nation" clause in the HGEA contract as explained here: Four of a Kind: UPW, UHPA get big Fat Pay Raise—and HSTA suit could give one to HGEA.

UPDATE AUG. 8: After Abercrombie puts Videotaped Foot in Mouth, he rejects Binding Arbitration with HSTA

PDF: HSTA Aug 6 Letter to Abercrombie

YouTube: HSTA-R Big Island President, Wayne Joseph, confronts governor Neil Abercrombie on retirement issues.

Abercrombie gets rolling about 1:30 and keeps on rolling for the next ten minutes. Starting about 6:50 you can hear Abercrombie's handlers trying to pull him away.... 

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