Labor

...Hawaii’s employees earn 9 percent more than those in the private sector—the 3rd highest wages and salaries ratio in the country....

...analysis reveals those who love their job enough to tweet about it in the United States live in the Western half of the country....

...and this time the outgoing leadership admits it....

UH has all of twelve awards for its ten campuses and three thousand faculty....

Twenty of the 150 largest metros had a share of less than 25 percent of its new jobs since 2010 created in occupations that pay a living wage....

RCUH’s broad purpose allows projects remotely associated with research or training to qualify for exemptions from state procurement and civil service laws....

Once the higher minimum wage bill is signed into law, with the exemption for unions, then organizing becomes a win-win for employers and unions....

...what actually goes into this “unfunded liability” calculation....

Each of these races was decided by more than 150 votes....

"...have no integrity and join effectively in a conspiracy against him and his team....” 

...earnings for small business employees adjusted for cost of living are three times higher in the Houston metro area than in the Honolulu metro area....

Hawaii ranks 50th – Monthly Median Starting Salary for Nurses, Adjusted for Cost of Living....

Hawaii averages 6.28 hours of sleep ....

House Appoints Conferees, Conference Committee to meet Tues 5PM....

One-time lump sum payment of $2000 for all active, full-time licensed teachers....

HB1075 concerns the creation of a public-private partnership for the Maui Hospital System....

...bills relating to leave policy, workers’ compensation, and workplace complaints/protections....

"UNITE HERE Local 5 is attending municipal public meetings and speaking directly with elected policymakers."

"It brings relief to our beleaguered taxpayers and small businesses, and balances our state finances in the long term."

...The warning came after elementary schoolteacher Justin Hughey, a candidate for HSTA vice president, tried to distribute a 1-page flyer in Maui High School on March 3.....

...In Alaska and Hawaii, unauthorized immigrants from the Philippines are the largest group....

...Assuming affirmative resolution of ongoing entitlement battles for Hoopili and Koa Ridge, single-family building will begin to pick up over the next two years....

"... you may currently enjoy the privilege of occupying a seat, you do not own it - it does not belong to you.  Show some respect to the people who put you there ...."

... “baseless, unreasonable and frivolous” ....

...union members accuse union leadership of cavorting with the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads crime syndicates....

...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....

Only eight states saw increases under 15 percent: New York, Virginia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Hawaii, Maine, Connecticut and West Virginia....

...The loss of an arm, for example, is worth up to $48,840 in Alabama, $193,950 in Ohio and $439,858 in Illinois....

...please join your legislators for an informal reception at the Capitol hosted by NFIB on Friday, March 13 at 4 p.m....

Liabilities everywhere: The rail project, the failing state hospital system, overdue maintenance on state buildings and campuses, underfunded public worker pensions and health insurance, and so much more....

The state paid nearly $60 million in overtime pay last year....

...ILWU: "There could be a delay on arrivals of vessels and that's the concern that we should have here in Hawaii"....

“The ILWU is essentially seeking the right to fire judges who rule against them.”

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced today that weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended this weekend....

Ige is nominating Leonard Hoshijo to be the Deputy Director in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations....

"...No one can predict when that will happen — five days, seven days, two weeks — but the ports will soon grind to a halt...."

If the Legislature fails to grant MMMC permission to negotiate a partnership agreement with HPH and MMMC goes bankrupt, this interview will be the smoking gun....

Pass-through businesses pay a significant role in the US economy. They account for 95 percent of all businesses, more than 60 percent of all business income, and more than 50 percent of all employment....

...if the new contract extends longer than three years, that will be a surprise to many....

Making excuses for price-gouging rail contractors, HART Director Daniel Grabauskas points to the “red-hot construction market” as the cause for HART cost overruns....

Hawaii union membership slips from 22.1% in 2013 to 21.8% in 2014 ....

Delaware (49.5 percent) and Hawaii (48 percent) are the only states with pass-through employment less than 50% share of total private sector employment....

Mike Hansen, President of the Hawaii Shippers Council (HSC) interviewed by K57 Guam’s leading talk radio host Ray Gibson....

...To date, the ILWU and PMA have reached tentative agreements on health care and increases to pay guarantees....

All of the problems sister isle medical patients face trace back to Randy Perreira's need to keep his pathetic little union presidency job....

Setting the stage as the executives walked in, the Hawaiian flag flew upside down outside HHSC's Leahi Hospital....

“In response to a joint request for assistance from the parties, collective bargaining...will continue as soon as possible under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service...."

The goals of public and private unions are diverging....