Labor

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....

ILWU slowdown tactics have reduced productivity at Pacific Northwest ports for more than a month and a half....

The problem has also affected other restaurant chains, as a dockworker dispute on the West Coast of the United States has reverberated across the Pacific Ocean....

...resulting in employers paying $50 million less in taxes, or $100 less per employee on average for 2015....

The BOE was set to approve a calendar submitted by the DOE until teachers presented their proposals....

West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....

DHRD’s jurisdiction consisted of 21,783 positions, of which 15,069 were civil service and 6,714 exempt....

...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....

Hawaii has employed gimmicks to give the appearance of fiscal improvements in their entitlement programs....

Graduate students have planned a sit-in at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center to protest sudden and drastic budget cuts....

Proposed reforms to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) threaten teacher accountability....

McCartney is a former executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

...Furlough Fridays, as they ACTUALLY happened, including David Ige's role....

...Hawaii fell eight rungs from last year, tying the great state of New Jersey for the honor of being the least improved state....

Hawaii salaries are 16th highest in USA.  When adjusted for cost of living, Hawaii salaries drop to 50th....

...allow the purchase of less expensive but more efficient foreign-built ferries....

A study of labor force participation in all 50 states ranks Hawaii at 42 in the nation....

Public-sector unions can impose agency fees in 23 states....

"Shamefully, legislators have known about this impending implosion for years, at least since late 2009...."

WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 18 key metrics....

...Starting today, the Hawaii State Teachers Association is launching a statewide informational campaign....

...the Hawai'i Campaign Commission has given the Hawaii Carpenters Market Recovery Program Fund a pass on disclosing where its contributions come from....

...OSHA and HIOSH have shared regulatory responsibility for Hawaii per an Operational Status Agreement that went into effect in September 2012....

Cult members laboring for the Imam under "Tuzuk contracts" are obligated to kick back all of their salaries beyond a bare minimum needed to survive....

The median adjusted salaries in the 60 metro areas range from $32,312 in Honolulu, Hawaii to $73,078 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

Since 2003, efforts have been made to facilitate the conversion of exempt positions to civil service in the Executive Branch of state government....

Even weeks after angry kupuna and union members began crowding committee hearings to protest, Takai voted 'aye' for the pension tax bill HB1092 HD1....