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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 |
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Hawaiian Homelands Commissioner Resigns After Mortgage Fraud Conviction Exposed
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:05 PM :: 7772 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor
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Artates is also executive director of the Hawaii Operating Engineers Stabilization Fund...Sentencing hearings are scheduled Sept. 23....
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 |
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Act 268 Hawaii Unfunded Liabilities Plan: Pot of Gold for Corrupt Union Leaders
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 9778 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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OPEB-related corruption has been in the news for years. For instance....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Federal Government in Worse Shape than Detroit
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:04 PM :: 6366 Views :: National News, Labor, Taxes
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Detroit’s demise was the result of big-government, liberal policies promoted by self-interested politicians and coercive public employee unions....
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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Serious New Questions on Obama Labor Nominee
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 5201 Views :: National News, Labor
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Perez has faced questions about his misleading congressional testimony about his involvement in a quid pro quo deal with the city of St. Paul, Minnesota....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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Hotel Workers, Teamsters, UFCW Turning Against Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:44 PM :: 5362 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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"The unintended consequences of the ACA are severe...."
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Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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Opportunity to Strengthen Accountability for Tax Dollars
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 5287 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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News of the very generous pay increases granted to police officers sent shock waves through the ranks of city and county officials across the state generating calls for “revenue enhancements” or tax increases....
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Monday, July 1, 2013 |
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Governor Signs Bills Expanding Protections, Support for Women and Keiki
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 6473 Views :: Family, Labor, Law Enforcement
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The Governor also signed bills that extend the voluntary foster care age to 21 as well as keep keiki safe from a parent who has been convicted of a sexual assault....
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Monday, July 1, 2013 |
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As Pritzger Nomination Ratified, UNITE HERE, Hyatt Settle
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 3908 Views :: Labor
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The agreement will go into effect upon the settlement and ratification of union contracts by Hyatt associates in San Francisco, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Chicago.....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
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Act 137: Abercrombie Creates New HGEA Bargaining Unit
By News Release @ 12:21 AM :: 5689 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement
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Bargaining Unit 14, to represent state law enforcement officers, and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers....
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Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders More Pay Hikes, Publishes HGEA, UPW Contracts
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4364 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped three more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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HSTA’s ‘Multi-Front War’ Against ‘Rogue Teachers’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 5193 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s weekly briefing meeting had turned into a battle-planning session....
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Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders Pay Hikes
By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 AM :: 4083 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped two more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 |
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HSTA Appoints Team to Tackle Teacher Evaluations
By Video @ 10:43 PM :: 4789 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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HSTA won a victory through bargaining this spring with agreement by the Employer to create a Joint Committee to study the Educator Evaluation System....
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Saturday, June 1, 2013 |
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UHPA to NEA: "Thank you for trying to destroy our union"
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 5204 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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You threatened to destroy us (“decertify” is the technical term) when you visited last June if we ceased our relationship with NEA....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 6700 Views :: Labor, Obama
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One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
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Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 6015 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...those critics probably never held a real job or never ran their own business....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday
By Andrew Walden @ 2:58 PM :: 5441 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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sponsored by gay ‘marriage’ activist, convicted thief Michael ‘Bitchbear’ Golujuch, Jr....
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp
By Selected News Articles @ 7:18 AM :: 6378 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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Hawaii has amended its Employment Security Law as follows....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
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States Could Push Part-Time Employees Into Obamacare Exchanges
By NCPA @ 8:35 AM :: 4896 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way of transferring a large chunk of their health care expenses into the health exchanges....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
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Abercrombie: UPW Contract 'Positive Result of Partnership'
By News Release @ 12:04 AM :: 4172 Views :: Labor
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The Governor also acknowledged the efforts of UH Manoa Industrial Relations Center Director Joyce Najita, whose mediation services greatly contributed to achieving consensus....
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
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HGEA Announces Unit 8 Contract Settlement
By News Release @ 10:47 AM :: 5907 Views :: Labor
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HGEA’s Unit 8 membership consists of approximately 2,350 administrative, professional and technical University of Hawaii employees....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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HSTA Cheers Defeat of 'Instructional Hours', Targets Preschool Vouchers
By News Release @ 12:10 PM :: 4844 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...SB 1084 is a voucher that will allow public money to pay for private preschools....
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Sunday, April 21, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Orders ‘Flexible Pay’ Hikes to Match Outside Job Offers
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 4978 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... the new, legal, and inexpensive way of bribing Cabinet members and their top lieutenants ....
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 |
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UHPA Pushes Back Against NEA Raid, Cyberattack
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 6413 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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When asked whether she believed the cyberattack could be related to the NEA issue, Hanselman said, "It's a strange coincidence."
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 |
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HB634 Obstructs Sale of Businesses With Over 100 Employees
By News Release @ 2:01 AM :: 3891 Views :: Labor
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House Bill 634, which would require the purchase of a company to hire 100 percent of the seller’s employees, is now in a conference committee....
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Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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SB535: Illegal to Fire Your Child’s Babysitter
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 9081 Views :: Family, Labor
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SB535SD1HD2 would make it illegal for any Hawaii family to fire or otherwise change the employment status of nannies, babysitters, caretakers, and other domestic workers....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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HSTA Membership Ratifies Contract
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 5977 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...After more than two years working without a contract, 95% of teachers statewide voted in favor of the tentative agreement....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
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HSTA Convention Urges Ratification: Contract Vote Today
By News Release @ 1:04 PM :: 4743 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... poll sites will be open from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.....
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Monday, April 8, 2013 |
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UHERO: Improved Employment Numbers Still Short of Pre-Recession Peak
By Selected News Articles @ 12:55 PM :: 4763 Views :: Economy, Labor
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...4,000 more jobs were created in Hawaii over the past two years than previously thought....
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Sunday, April 7, 2013 |
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Creative Insolvency: EUTF to Enter ‘Shadow Insurance Industry’?
By Andrew Walden @ 1:36 PM :: 9317 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...a multi-billion dollar scheme to rework Hawaii government employees pension and health insurance funding is made its way through the legislature....
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 |
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To Encourage Hanabusa to Run Against Abercrombie, Trade Unions Endorse Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 7100 Views :: Democratic Party, Labor
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“We’re trying to push her to run against the governor.”
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
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NFIB to Lobby Against Minimum Wage Hike Today
By News Release @ 1:59 PM :: 7715 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Hawaii small-business owners will gather in Room 329 in the State Capitol, today, March 27, at 4 p.m. at about the same time the House Finance Committee takes up HB 331....
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Monday, March 25, 2013 |
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HSTA, DoE Announce $333M Tentative Agreement--Contract Vote April 17
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 7433 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The four-year tentative agreement that the HSTA will now take to its members for ratification, includes annual pay increases and performance evaluations for teachers....
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
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Preemptive Strike: UHPA Endorses Schatz
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 7907 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Labor
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... the early endorsement was the result of unprecedented changes in Congress with the retirement of Sen. Daniel Akaka and the passing of Sen. Daniel Inouye, and the need for a fresh perspective ....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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5,000 Petition Abercrombie to Keep Tesoro Open
By News Release @ 8:25 PM :: 5866 Views :: Energy, Labor
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...The USW expects a response from the governor....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
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How Hawaii Minimum Wage Workers Earn $24.24 per hour
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 PM :: 9868 Views :: Labor, Cost of Living
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The average wage when adding in tips for the front of the house is $24.24 per hour....
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 |
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HSTA, DoE, HLRB Agree to Mediation
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 5663 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The parties are negotiating a 2013-15 contract....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 |
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Busting 5 Myths About the Minimum Wage
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:29 PM :: 5137 Views :: Labor, Cost of Living
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Do you think of teenagers flipping burgers? Or a single parent trying to feed several kids?
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Keep The Promise for Better Wages as Goal
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:42 AM :: 6773 Views :: Labor, Cost of Living
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If the minimum wage does rise, where do our elected officials think businesses will get the money to pay the higher wages?
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Again Tops Nation in Well-Being
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 10216 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living
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Between 2011 and 2012 Hawaii jumped from 44th to 1st in “Work Environment” but fell from 4th to 14th in “Basic Access"....
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
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UHERO: Minimum Wage Hike Unlikely to Help Working Poor
By News Release @ 2:15 AM :: 8867 Views :: Economy, Labor, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...higher minimum wage is unlikely to accomplish the stated goal of raising the living standards of the working poor....
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 |
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Just a Vicious Circle, Higher Minimum Wage, Higher Prices
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:27 AM :: 8221 Views :: Economy, Labor, Cost of Living
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...look at the issue from an economic and financial well-being stand point instead of the emotional and social welfare perspective....
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
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McDermott: It is time to settle the teachers’ contract!
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 AM :: 4523 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Making them grovel over less than a 2% increase (when health care costs are factored in), while at the same time proposing an expensive new preschool program is breathtakingly insulting....
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Saturday, February 16, 2013 |
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Trafficked Thai Workers' Dreams Become Nightmares
By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 7840 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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In 2004, Nopphon Fuchumpa was promised a great opportunity in the United States....
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Saturday, February 2, 2013 |
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Minimum Wage Increase Could Put People Out of Work
By News Release @ 9:49 PM :: 7008 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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The House Minority Caucus urged caution today as two bills to increase the minimum wage to 120 percent its current level passed the Labor & Public Employment and Economic Development & Business committees....
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
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Tax Cut or Minimum Wage Hike? Hawaii 4th-Highest Taxes for Low Income Residents
By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 AM :: 7897 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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Instead of cutting taxes on the poor, Abercrombie proposes to extract more taxes from them by hiking the minimum wage.
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Friday, January 25, 2013 |
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State Rejects HSTA's Billion Dollar Contract Proposal, Feb 1 'Impasse' Looms
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 6243 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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In its proposal, HSTA seeks to:
- Increase teachers’ base pay by 48.1 percent over the next four years,
- Delay implementation of the new Educator Effectiveness System,
- Gain veto power over development of each step of the system.
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