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Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
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$15.45B Report: 560 Big Construction Projects for Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 6130 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Rail
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...we identified significant public and private infrastructure projects that are “on the books” over the next 20 years....
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
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High Cost of Big Labor: Hawaii Pension Debt
By News Release @ 2:04 PM :: 4783 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The High Cost of Big Labor looks at the economic impact of labor policies on U.S. states....
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Sunday, July 20, 2014 |
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HB2427: One Stroke of the Pen
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5708 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Labor
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...the CLEAR facility is located at UH West Oahu, and that campus testifies that it is okay with scrapping the CLEAR fund....
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
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SHOPO Endorses Janet Grace for State House
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 4783 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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Grace is the Republican candidate for the Waikiki-Ala Moana seat currently held by Democrat Tom Brower, who gained international notoriety last year for using a sledgehammer to smash shopping carts used by the homeless....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii Symphony announces two-year agreement with Musicians
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 4820 Views :: Labor, Tourism
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The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Association of Hawaii are pleased to announce a two-year agreement that will run through June 30, 2016....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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State Department documents rise in human trafficking
By Malia Zimmerman @ 9:36 PM :: 6498 Views :: Agriculture, Labor, Law Enforcement
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The International Labor Organization says agricultural workers are among the most vulnerable....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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Hawaii 3rd Highest Unemployment Rate for Mentally Ill Persons
By News Release @ 5:28 AM :: 5022 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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Approximately 60 percent of the 7.1 million people receiving public mental health services nationwide want to work....
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Monday, July 7, 2014 |
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Small steps to turn government workers into stakeholders
By Rachelle Chang @ 9:55 PM :: 3885 Views :: Labor
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How can we make government workers and taxpayers feel like part of the same team?
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Sunday, July 6, 2014 |
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Winner and Still Champ! Oh, No!!
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6318 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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The old saying "nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there" seems to sum up employment conditions in Hawaii....
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Thursday, July 3, 2014 |
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Must Hawaii Employers Preserve Absent Employees Positions Indefinitely?
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 4513 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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The First Circuit Court of Hawaii will have to decide whether employers in the state have a legal obligation to preserve an employee’s original position indefinitely ....
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014 |
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First Amendment Victory: Supreme Court Rules Against Union Taking Dues From Non-Members
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:53 AM :: 4497 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important victory for participants in home-health care programs....
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Monday, June 30, 2014 |
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Union apologizes for attacks on former Hawaii governor in lawsuit settlement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:08 PM :: 7426 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Labor, Politicians
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Cayetano sued to clear his name after PRP Hawaii spent $2 million on a media campaign against him....
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Saturday, June 28, 2014 |
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Nanakuli House Candidate Andria Tupola wins SHOPO Endorsement
By News Release @ 12:04 AM :: 5557 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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A published analysis by a senior political reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser rates Andria Tupola as the GOP’s best young prospect....
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Rewards UHPA's Campaign Support with $32M -- 'Unprecedented' Early Contract
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 7753 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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...the agreement would cost $32 million over two years, a cost that needs to be approved by the Legislature.....
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Friday, June 27, 2014 |
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Sledgehammer Tom Brower Loses Key HSTA Endorsement
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 5212 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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Brower has lost the confidence of the groups and individuals who once supported him....
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Monday, June 23, 2014 |
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Hawaii Teachers 3rd-Best Paid in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 7133 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The top districts for paying teachers with a bachelor’s degree and five years of experience are Chicago ($62,046), New York ($52,278), Hawaii ($50,728)....
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 |
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HGEA Refuses to Endorse Governor, CD1 Candidates
By News Release @ 5:29 AM :: 5658 Views :: Labor, Politicians
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An “open” endorsement means the union does not endorse a candidate....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
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California Diminishes Union Power in Schools
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:34 AM :: 4334 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu struck down five California laws that govern the hiring and firing of teachers....
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Monday, June 16, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Members to BLNR, HTA
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 6881 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Land Use, Tourism
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Both are interim appointments subject to state Senate approval....
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Saturday, June 14, 2014 |
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You're corrupt so you have no right to say I'm corrupt!
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 9062 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Labor, Politicians, Rail
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...Cayetano had claimed PRP's ad campaign tarnished his reputation by unfairly portraying him as corrupt for accepting about $500,000 in illegal campaign contributions during the Democrat's narrow re-election victory over Linda Lingle....
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Saturday, June 14, 2014 |
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Teacher Tenure: Unconstitutional?
By NCPA @ 2:29 PM :: 4485 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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A California state judge ruled on Tuesday that granting a teacher tenure after less than two years in a teaching position is unconstitutional....
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Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
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DoE Eases Teacher Evaluation Requirements
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4769 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The changes reflect the DOE’s commitment to reduce burden on teachers and administrators....
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Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
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DoE Forms Principals Roundtable with HGEA
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 5112 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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After a recruitment and selection process of nearly two months, the Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is announcing a new Deputy Superintendent’s Principal Roundtable....
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Monday, June 9, 2014 |
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Hawaii Rated Worst State to Make a Living 2014
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 6169 Views :: Labor, Cost of Living
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...a cost of living more than 50 percent higher than the norm makes it very difficult to make a decent living....
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Monday, June 9, 2014 |
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The Surprising States That Have Greater Income Inequality
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 5447 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The income gap between rich and poor tends to be wider in blue states than in red states....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Thai workers get multimillion-dollar EEOC settlement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:28 PM :: 5347 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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Mac Nut Farms of Hawaii LLC will pay the most, $1.6 million; Kauai Coffee Co. Inc. will pay $425,000; Kelena Farms Inc. will pay $275,000; and Captain Cook Coffee Co. Ltd. will pay $100,000....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Kauai Audit finds 'Favoritism' in Furloughs
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 6944 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Labor
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The public and the employees were told that county offices needed to be shut down because the county was in financial difficulty. This was not true....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Hawaii public school principals demand leadership change
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:27 PM :: 5305 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Some school principals are asking the State Board of Education to remove Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi and her deputy, Ronn Nozoe....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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NIOSH: Distant Water Tuna Fleet Workers at High Risk
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 5052 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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... compared to most other fishing fleets in the U.S., workers in this fleet are at high risk of suffering a fatal injury ....
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 |
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Airports Division Target of Federal Sex Harassment Lawsuit
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 4885 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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When Valmoja objected to the continued harassment and retaliation by other HDOT-Airports employees, including managers, her employment was terminated....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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Hyatt Waikiki Employees Hit Union with Federal Labor Charges
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 4703 Views :: Labor
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...UNITE HERE Local 5 union officials have an ugly history of violating the rights of the workers they claim to represent....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
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CATO: Minimum Wage Increase Not the Answer in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 PM :: 6702 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Despite claims to the contrary, relatively few Hawaiians would benefit from the increase....
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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Evaluations? DoE Claims Principals' Arbitration Award "Aligns with DoE Goals"
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 5070 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Establishes a rewards and recognition program (RRP) for the last two years (sort of)....
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
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Hawaii basil farm ‘deplorable,’ ‘unsafe,’ judgment says
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:30 PM :: 5959 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The federal government, citing “deplorable” and “unsafe” conditions, has fined Hawaii’s top exporter of basil nearly a half-million dollars....
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
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Obamacare Punches $150M Hole in ILWU Contract
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 7468 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...Negotiators this year could be asked to aim for a three-year contract that does not address health care in the hope that Congress would take action before 2018 to remove the Cadillac tax....
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014 |
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Two Ways to Hurt Women in the Workplace
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:19 AM :: 4588 Views :: Family, Labor
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Today is “Equal Pay Day” for those who believe that The Man is keeping women down....
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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Why Infrastructure Projects Cost Way More Than They Should
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 11:21 PM :: 7592 Views :: National News, Development, Labor, Rail
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The Atlantic Cities magazine published a condensed analysis of seven main reasons that explain why U.S infrastructure project cost more than elsewhere....
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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Survey: 4,280 Hawaii Teachers Reveal Attitude towards Evaluation System
By News Release @ 10:45 PM :: 4629 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"...the EES is a work in progress, and teachers feel that more needs to be done so that the EES can help improve the practice of teaching...." -- Wil Okabe, HSTA
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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HSTA Candidate Questionnaire Challenges Teacher Evaluations
By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 4899 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"Let's hope the legislative carping isn't a sign that teachers are trying to worm out of evaluations they agreed to in order to get pay raises, just as they once before reneged on drug tests...."
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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Occupy, Union Activists Organizing Homeless Tent Cities in Honolulu?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 AM :: 13645 Views :: Homelessness, Labor, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First....
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Friday, April 4, 2014 |
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HGEA to Do UPW’s Job While UPW Watches
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 3542 Views :: Labor
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...working together to patch and repair uneven sidewalks near the State Capitol on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8 to 11 a.m....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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Unions Getting Creative in Election-Year Struggle
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:59 AM :: 3384 Views :: Labor
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That might explain why they’re grasping for new members in stunts like unionizing college athletes....
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Sunday, March 30, 2014 |
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But Shouldn’t We Do Something About the Two Gorillas in the Bar?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5234 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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At June 30, 2013, ERS had an “unfunded actuarial accrued liability” of about $8.4 billion. For EUTF, the number was about $18.2 billion....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Judge rules Thai workers were exploited, physically abused on Hawaii farms
By Malia Zimmerman @ 2:09 AM :: 6256 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The federal civil case against Global Horizons has dragged on for years....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Hawaii to run out of cash reserves in 2016
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 12:51 AM :: 8315 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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Constitutionally, the state can only engage in annual deficit spending as long as there are enough cash reserves to absorb these deficits....
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Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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Guilty: Physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 9457 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Ethics, Agriculture, Labor
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Kobayashi cited examples of physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple Company's historic pineapple plantations and old worker dormitories where the Thai workers were forced to live and other abuses throughout Hawaii.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
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Brookings: Great Recession Pushes Hawaii Long Term Unemployed to Margin of Labor Market
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 4858 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The long-term unemployed have problems finding work wherever they are, even in states with the lowest unemployment – Hawaii....
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
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Grassroot: Minimum Wage Hike Will Not Lift Working Families out of Poverty
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:07 PM :: 4792 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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SB 2609 would provide for a gradual increase in the minimum wage with a provision for an unspecified tip credit....
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