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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:20 PM :: 7137 Views :: Labor, Rail, Taxes
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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....
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Friday, February 13, 2015 |
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HB558: Curbing Overtime Abuse
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:26 PM :: 5740 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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The state paid nearly $60 million in overtime pay last year....
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
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Lockout: Management Shuts West Coast Ports Four More Days
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 6278 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...ILWU: "There could be a delay on arrivals of vessels and that's the concern that we should have here in Hawaii"....
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
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PMA: Unwavering ILWU Demand Threatens to Sink Contract Talks; “Slowdowns as a Way of Life”
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 6151 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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“The ILWU is essentially seeking the right to fire judges who rule against them.”
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Management: West Coast Port Lockout Begins Saturday
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 6548 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced today that weekend vessel loading and unloading operations will be temporarily suspended this weekend....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Ige Appoints Carpenters Union Political Director to DLIR
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 5724 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Ige is nominating Leonard Hoshijo to be the Deputy Director in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations....
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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PMA: We'll Pay ILWU's Obamacare Tax--Take it or be Locked Out
By Michael Hansen @ 11:32 PM :: 7298 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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"...No one can predict when that will happen — five days, seven days, two weeks — but the ports will soon grind to a halt...."
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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Wes Lo's Smoking Gun: Improvement of Medical Services on Maui Started With Fight for Second Hospital
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 9088 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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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....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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Hawaii Ranks 50th in Payroll from Sole Proprietors, S-Corps, LLCs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 PM :: 6943 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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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....
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
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Thanks to Obamacare, ILWU Contract Maybe Short-Lived
By Selected News Articles @ 10:16 PM :: 6149 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...if the new contract extends longer than three years, that will be a surprise to many....
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
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Rail Fail: Hawaii Ranks 49th--Lost 4.5% of Construction Jobs in Last 12 mos
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 7713 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Rail
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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....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Hawaii Union Membership Slips to 21.8% -- 3rd in USA
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 6193 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Hawaii union membership slips from 22.1% in 2013 to 21.8% in 2014 ....
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Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
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Hawaii is Dead Last in Employment by Sole Proprietors, S-Corps, LLCs
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 6304 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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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....
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
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Hawaii Shippers Council Discusses Port Slowdown, Jones Act Reform on Guam Radio
By Michael Hansen @ 10:41 PM :: 6138 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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Mike Hansen, President of the Hawaii Shippers Council (HSC) interviewed by K57 Guam’s leading talk radio host Ray Gibson....
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
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Management: No Takeaways in Proposed Contract, but ILWU Rejects
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 5617 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...To date, the ILWU and PMA have reached tentative agreements on health care and increases to pay guarantees....
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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HGEA Boss: Borreca is an Anti-Union Parrot
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 6466 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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All of the problems sister isle medical patients face trace back to Randy Perreira's need to keep his pathetic little union presidency job....
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Friday, January 9, 2015 |
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Last Chance? Maui Memorial Proposes Partnership with Straub, Pali Momi--HGEA Rejects
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 8584 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Setting the stage as the executives walked in, the Hawaiian flag flew upside down outside HHSC's Leahi Hospital....
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 |
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ILWU Agrees to Federal Mediation of West Coast Port Dispute
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 5737 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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“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...."
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Monday, January 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii Election 2014: Public Sector Unions Defeat Private Sector Unions
By Selected News Articles @ 12:09 PM :: 7342 Views :: Labor, Rail, Republican Party
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The goals of public and private unions are diverging....
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Saturday, January 3, 2015 |
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West Coast Port Slowdowns Worsen: ILWU, PMA Blame Each Other
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 6494 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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“The congestion in the terminals is near a breaking point."
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Thursday, January 1, 2015 |
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SHOPO Sues City to Block Release of Police Disciplinary Records
By Andrew Walden @ 10:04 AM :: 6779 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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Defendant City further informed Plaintiff SHOPO, "please be aware if Civil Beat threatens further legal action, the decision may be to tum over an unredacted copy."
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Monday, December 22, 2014 |
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PMA Requests Federal Mediation in West Coast Longshore Negotiations
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6109 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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ILWU slowdown tactics have reduced productivity at Pacific Northwest ports for more than a month and a half....
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Sunday, December 21, 2014 |
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ILWU Port Slowdowns Behind Japanese Potato Crisis?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 AM :: 6694 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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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....
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Monday, December 15, 2014 |
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Unemployment Insurance Rates Drop 22%
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 6699 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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...resulting in employers paying $50 million less in taxes, or $100 less per employee on average for 2015....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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DoE Leaders Embrace Education Reform Proposals
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 5823 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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“Race to the Top was very prescriptive. It was tremendously important change, but now we have to ask ourselves, ‘How can we change more collaboratively?’”
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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182 Days: BOE Adopts Teacher-Proposed School Calendar for School Year 2015-2016
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 5791 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The BOE was set to approve a calendar submitted by the DOE until teachers presented their proposals....
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 |
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Averting West Coast Port Shutdowns
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 6026 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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West Coast ports are suffering a series of slowdowns....
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Monday, December 1, 2014 |
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Audit: 67% of 'Exempt' State Positions Vacant
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 7044 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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DHRD’s jurisdiction consisted of 21,783 positions, of which 15,069 were civil service and 6,714 exempt....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Hawaii Unfunded Liabilities Could Become a "Broken Promise"
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:39 PM :: 6563 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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State Retirement Funds Play Tricks on Retirees, Taxpayers
By Selected News Articles @ 1:22 PM :: 5685 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Hawaii has employed gimmicks to give the appearance of fiscal improvements in their entitlement programs....
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Manoa Graduate Students Spur Campus-Wide Protest
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 6327 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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Graduate students have planned a sit-in at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center to protest sudden and drastic budget cuts....
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Teachers Unions Oppose Teacher Accountability Standards in Common Core
By NCPA @ 5:21 PM :: 5765 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Proposed reforms to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) threaten teacher accountability....
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Friday, November 7, 2014 |
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Transition: Ige Chooses McCartney, Hiraoka
By Selected News Articles @ 6:18 PM :: 8496 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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McCartney is a former executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Ige Voted to Approve Furlough Fridays
By Video @ 8:48 PM :: 10054 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Labor, Politicians
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...Furlough Fridays, as they ACTUALLY happened, including David Ige's role....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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What Will It Take to Grow GDP? (Part 3)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6249 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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...Hawaii fell eight rungs from last year, tying the great state of New Jersey for the honor of being the least improved state....
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Friday, October 24, 2014 |
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How to Increase the Value of a Dollar? Move.
By NCPA @ 3:16 PM :: 7435 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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Hawaii salaries are 16th highest in USA. When adjusted for cost of living, Hawaii salaries drop to 50th....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Free Markets and Jones Act Reform at Union Meeting?
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:57 PM :: 5555 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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...allow the purchase of less expensive but more efficient foreign-built ferries....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Hawaii Work Force Participation Down 7%
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:30 PM :: 5235 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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A study of labor force participation in all 50 states ranks Hawaii at 42 in the nation....
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Friday, October 3, 2014 |
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UPW Collects Forced Dues from 1,122 Non-Members
By Selected News Articles @ 5:28 AM :: 6068 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Public-sector unions can impose agency fees in 23 states....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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For Second Day In A Row, Ige Under Fire For State Hospital Mismanagement
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 7161 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Politicians
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"Shamefully, legislators have known about this impending implosion for years, at least since late 2009...."
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Monday, September 29, 2014 |
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Hawaii is the 5th Worst State for Teachers
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 6878 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 18 key metrics....
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Monday, September 22, 2014 |
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HSTA Launches Campaign Against Preschool Voucher program
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 5865 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...Starting today, the Hawaii State Teachers Association is launching a statewide informational campaign....
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Friday, September 19, 2014 |
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Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
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Hawaii Campaign Commission goes along with cover-up
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 AM :: 4799 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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...the Hawai'i Campaign Commission has given the Hawaii Carpenters Market Recovery Program Fund a pass on disclosing where its contributions come from....
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Friday, September 12, 2014 |
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DLIR Retakes Occupational Safety Job from OSHA
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 5989 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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...OSHA and HIOSH have shared regulatory responsibility for Hawaii per an Operational Status Agreement that went into effect in September 2012....
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Monday, September 8, 2014 |
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Islamic Gulen Cult Pours Money into Takai Campaign
By Andrew Walden @ 12:16 AM :: 13055 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Military, Politicians
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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....
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Teachers in Honolulu Lowest Adjusted Salary in USA
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 6872 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The median adjusted salaries in the 60 metro areas range from $32,312 in Honolulu, Hawaii to $73,078 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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UHPA Approves Abercrombie $32M Gift Contract with 99% 'Yes' Vote
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 5872 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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(Flashback June 27, 2014: Abercrombie Rewards UHPA's Campaign Support with $32M -- 'Unprecedented' Early Contract)
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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HGEA, Legislature Force More State Employees into Union
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 4474 Views :: Labor
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Since 2003, efforts have been made to facilitate the conversion of exempt positions to civil service in the Executive Branch of state government....
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Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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At First, Takai Voted For the Pension Tax 'Every Time'
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 PM :: 8924 Views :: Labor, Politicians, Taxes
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Even weeks after angry kupuna and union members began crowding committee hearings to protest, Takai voted 'aye' for the pension tax bill HB1092 HD1....
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