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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 7.0%
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 1926 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide, 601,800 were employed and 45,550 unemployed in August ....
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees, Contractors and Large Private Sector Employers
By Video @ 10:41 PM :: 2885 Views :: National News, Labor, COVID-19
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... More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will soon be federally mandated to either get vaccinated against Covid-19 or get tested weekly ....
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021 |
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HSTA files class grievances over COVID school conditions, testing mandate
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 2508 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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"HIDOE has thus far refused to formally engage in the bargaining process, preferring only to sit informally over these issues...."
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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State Announces End of All Federal Unemployment & Assistance Programs
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 2329 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... This affects individuals receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC). ...
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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Secret Arbitration Revealed: How DPS Official Kept Crooked Cop On The Job After FBI Raid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 10787 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor, Police
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... top Corrections Official was Secret Arbitrator keeping mafia-connected HPD officers on the job ....
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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98.6% of State Employees Comply with COVID Mandate
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 2649 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 87% fully vaccinated and close to 5% partially vaccinated ....
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Union Lawsuit Compares COVID Vaccine to Nazi Experiments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 AM :: 6179 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... Nazi experiments? Flu is worse? Livestock deworming pill is the cure? Hydroxychloroquine? All of these tired old anti-vaxxer chestnuts are front and center ....
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Thursday, August 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 7.3%
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 2485 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... in comparison with July 2020 nonfarm jobs have risen by 53,000, or 10.0 percent. However, in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 72,400, or -11.1 percent. ...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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DLIR Delays Reopening Unemployment Offices (again)
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 2116 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... DLIR today announced it will not open statewide offices as planned on September 7, 2021 due to the significant increase in COVID-19 cases ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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Video: First Responders Oppose Vaccine Mandate
By Video @ 11:42 PM :: 2405 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court on Friday for City and County workers who believe they are being forced to take the COVID- 19 vaccine ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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Unions Ask Gov. Ige to Intervene in C&C of Honolulu's Vaccine Mandate
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 2702 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... The City & County of Honolulu is the only Hawaii government employer that is not providing all unvaccinated employees the “alternative” of regular COVID-19 testing ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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Public Employee Unions Join Anti-Vaxxers
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 2466 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... they believe their sacred union contracts supersede all other laws including health emergency laws ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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NEA announces support for educator vaccine and testing requirement
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 2560 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... HSTA parent union supports Ige's mandatory vaccination-or-testing program ....
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Monday, August 16, 2021 |
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How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 4103 Views :: Ethics, Labor, COVID-19
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... what may turn out to be the biggest fraud wave in U.S. history ....
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Saturday, August 14, 2021 |
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HIDOE to implement weekly COVID-19 testing requirement
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 2639 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... Employees who certify and provide proof of full vaccination will not be subject to testing requirement ....
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Saturday, August 14, 2021 |
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DLIR to Accept Telephone Appointments for Complex Unemployment Claims
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 2044 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... Claimants May Request Slots to Speak with an Investigator ....
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Thursday, August 12, 2021 |
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Full Text: Proposed UH Policy Regarding COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination and Testing
By News Release @ 3:44 AM :: 2514 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19
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... scheduled to take effect on August 23, 2021, the first day of the 2021 fall semester ....
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Friday, August 6, 2021 |
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Ige Mandates Vax or Testing for Public Employees--Unions Resist
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 2928 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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... Beginning Aug. 16, 2021, all State and county employees must provide their vaccination status to their department ....
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021 |
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UHPA Political Action Fund Objection
By News Release @ 12:48 AM :: 2778 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Labor
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... Our policy allows Active members of UHPA to object to the $5.00 per month allocation to the Political Action Fund ....
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Monday, August 2, 2021 |
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'Keep Your Kids at Home' -- HSTA Plans Chaos for Opening Day
By Video @ 11:20 PM :: 2733 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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"... parents still have the option to keep their children at home until they feel it is safe ...."
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Thursday, July 22, 2021 |
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DoE Announces In-Person and Distance Learning Programs for 2021-22
By News Release @ 4:40 AM :: 2790 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... How can the HSTA manipulate this program to shut down schools? ....
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 |
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Miske News: Union Boss Gets Greedy -- Almost Pays Price in Blood
By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 7611 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Akau said the problem involved hiring for jobs on the docks, and that removing Victim 12 “would help the flow of jobs onto the docks.”…
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Friday, July 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7%
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 3020 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii no longer has the nation’s highest unemployment rate ....
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
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HSTA Continues to Push So-Called 'Distance Learning' for fall term
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 3380 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... For every teacher the state dedicates to distance learning when students return to class in August, it would need to pull a teacher out of the classroom, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Tuesday ....
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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HB613: HGEA Cheers Veto of Teachers' Bonus
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 2819 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"...Any changes to your salary and conditions of employment must be negotiated and it was wrong for the Legislature to interfere with the bargaining process...."
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Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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COVID 'Hazard Pay': HGEA Scores 25% Pay Hike
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 4125 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... to each individual HGEA bargaining unit member employed by the City who feels they have worked under hazardous conditions relating to COVID-19 exposure ....
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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Senators Override Five Ige Vetoes--More to Come
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 3070 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Tourism
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... The Senate will reconvene on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 3:00pm to reconsider a potential veto override of HB53 and vote on proposed floor amendments to meet the Governor’s objections in his veto message for HB54, HB1299 and SB589 ....
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Friday, July 2, 2021 |
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UHPA Cheers Ige 'Intent to Veto'
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 2490 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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... The two bills are SB589 SD2 HD2 CD1 – Relating to the University of Hawaii and HB1296 HD1 SD2 CD1 – Relating to State Funds ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Unemployment: Hawaii Worst Recovery from COVID
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 2734 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Least ....
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
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Unemployment 8.1% for May--Down 0.4%
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 2749 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide 595,300 were employed and 52,150 unemployed in May ....
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
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53,000 Unemployed in Hawaiʻi, But State Chamber Dealing with Employee Shortages
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 3035 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... in April 2021 the state of Hawaiʻi had 53,000 people unemployed and 27,415 job openings ....
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 |
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Free Money from the Sky: Another $100 for MEUCs
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 2899 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced it will start processing MEUC applications beginning on June 17, 2021 ....
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Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
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HSTA Members Ratify 2-Year Contract
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 2292 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... the short two-year duration will allow HSTA to begin this process once more in a little over a year’s time with the next permanent superintendent ....
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021 |
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HGEA Membership Approves Contract
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 5051 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... HGEA requires voter ID to cast ballot. UPW has some fun Q&A about ballot handling issues ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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More Free Money for HSTA: BoE Approves Shortage Differentials for 2021-22
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 4941 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... Shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through school year 2021–22 ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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HSTA reaches tentative contract agreement
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 2381 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... ratification vote ends June 9, 2021 ....
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
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Teacher Payments and the “Me Too” Syndrome
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2734 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... House Bill 613, another bill that has undergone radical metamorphosis while in our Legislature. ...
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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HSTA Recruiting Teachers for New Scam to Eliminate Standardized Testing
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 2433 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... “This is a great opportunity for teachers to help move Hawaii from standardized assessments to project-based learning,” said Corey Rosenlee ....
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Saturday, May 22, 2021 |
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HSTA Game Plan: After Ige Vetoes HB613, BoE Will Approve $2,200 Cash Bonanza
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 5497 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... Shortage differentials maintain strong BOE support HIDOE is using the differentials to recruit, retain teachers ....
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 |
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Job Search Requirement Reinstated for Unemployed
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 2847 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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... Hawai‘i residents currently receiving unemployment insurance benefits will again be required to prove they are searching for work starting May 30 ....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
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EEOC Collects Over $4.8 Million on Judgment in Labor Trafficking Case Against Maui Pineapple
By News Release @ 11:41 PM :: 2989 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Labor
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... $4.8 million has been recovered to satisfy a judgment in a national origin and race discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC against Maui Pineapple ....
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Monday, May 17, 2021 |
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Results of 2021 HGEA State Board Election
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 1830 Views :: Labor
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... results of the 2021-2023 HGEA President and Board of Directors Election ....
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Saturday, May 15, 2021 |
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Full Text: HGEA Letter to Ige Urging Veto of $29M HSTA Bonus
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4734 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education, Labor
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"...the Legislature disregarded collective bargaining and granted this generous cash bonus to one group of employees while making significant departmental cuts elsewhere, like in higher education, which will likely lead to layoffs...."
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Monday, May 10, 2021 |
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Hirono: Lets Use COVID Aid to Blackmail United Airlines
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 5347 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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"... require any new PSP agreement with United Airlines or any applicant require the airline to refrain from outsourcing jobs ...."
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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Surprise! Another Cash Giveaway to HSTA Members -- $2,200 This Time
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 4321 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... The payments aim for “workforce stabilization to retain teachers” and will be made to full- and half-time teachers. (Translation: Incumbent stabilization to retain HSTA endorsement for 2022.) ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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How Bad? Labor Underutilization in Hawaii During the Pandemic
By UHERO @ 4:55 AM :: 2564 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii led the nation with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or longer 5.3% ....
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021 |
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HSTA Outlines Plan to Promote Identity Politics in K-12
By News Release @ 6:40 PM :: 2827 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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" ... Free virtual event aims to shift views .... "
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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HGEA Demands Negotiations over Telework
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 2570 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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"...to provide workplace flexibility for employees who are having to balance work and family responsibilities...."
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Friday, April 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 9.0%
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 2833 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... compared to 9.2 percent in February ....
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