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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Judge: EEOC Human Trafficking Case "Frivolous"
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 7717 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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... “baseless, unreasonable and frivolous” ....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 9125 Views :: DHHL, Labor, Rail
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...union members accuse union leadership of cavorting with the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads crime syndicates....
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Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
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OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:22 PM :: 6962 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...county and state salary and overtime records, as well as retirement, health insurance, budgetary, and other data....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years
By News Release @ 3:17 PM :: 5460 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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Only eight states saw increases under 15 percent: New York, Virginia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Hawaii, Maine, Connecticut and West Virginia....
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 5627 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...The loss of an arm, for example, is worth up to $48,840 in Alabama, $193,950 in Ohio and $439,858 in Illinois....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
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Requirement calling for triple pay on state holidays removed from Senate Bill
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 4989 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...please join your legislators for an informal reception at the Capitol hosted by NFIB on Friday, March 13 at 4 p.m....
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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 :: 6431 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 :: 5094 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 :: 5715 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 :: 5504 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 :: 5890 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 :: 5225 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 :: 6641 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 :: 8124 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 :: 6296 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 :: 5496 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 :: 7043 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 :: 5591 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 :: 5712 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 :: 5538 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 :: 5057 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 :: 5858 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 :: 7971 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 :: 5159 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 :: 6674 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 :: 5893 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 :: 6164 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 :: 5536 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 :: 6104 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 :: 6011 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 :: 5288 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 :: 5204 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 :: 5406 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 :: 6366 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 :: 5837 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 :: 5073 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 :: 5767 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 :: 5239 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 :: 7828 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 :: 9246 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 :: 5664 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 :: 6750 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 :: 5050 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 :: 4715 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 :: 5530 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 :: 6449 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 :: 6283 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 :: 5339 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 :: 4369 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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