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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 :: 5516 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 :: 7151 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 :: 5479 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 :: 5219 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 :: 5113 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 :: 4861 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 :: 6964 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 :: 5235 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 :: 6166 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 :: 7705 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 :: 4743 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 :: 7924 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 :: 4792 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 :: 5059 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 :: 14062 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 :: 3687 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 :: 3501 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 :: 5423 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 :: 6462 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 :: 8566 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 :: 9739 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 :: 5024 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 :: 4953 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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Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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How Many Jobs Are Threatened by the EPA in YOUR District?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:37 PM :: 5884 Views :: Environment, Labor, Small Business
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Average of more than 770 jobs losses per congressional district....
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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FACE Ad campaign pushes minimum wage hike
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:24 PM :: 6038 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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FACE said the increase is needed because Hawaii’s utilities are 110 percent higher than the national average, housing is 104 percent higher and groceries are 57 percent higher than other states...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
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BLS: Hawaii Union Membership Rate 22.1%
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 5346 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...union membership rate for the state was at the series high of 29.9 percent in 1989, and at the series low of 21.5 percent in 2011....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
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Senate Minimum Wage Bill Will Fail Hawaii's Low-Wage Earners
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:06 PM :: 5042 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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With SB 2609 moving in Senate, Grassroot Institute says it will fail in its objectives....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
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Union Contractors to get Exclusive Deal on NAVFAC Project at Hawaii Marine Corps Base?
By News Release @ 12:55 PM :: 5293 Views :: Labor, Military
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NAVFAC and other federal agencies have issued more than 200 similar surveys requesting information about the potential use of PLAs on specific construction projects....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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The Problem with Giving America a Raise
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:29 PM :: 4370 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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The CBO estimated that the wage hike Obama and his allies champion would cost 500,000 jobs....
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
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She Dreamed Obamacare Was Harmless
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:24 PM :: 4212 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Shhh…keep quiet, or you’ll wake Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius....
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Sunday, February 16, 2014 |
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Quid pro Quo? HSTA Endorses Ige for Governor
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 6775 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Flashback: Senate Ways and Means Chairman David Ige rained rhetorical bombs on the Department of Education for what he called a "Cadillac" system to evaluate teacher performance....
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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Four Things You Should Know About The Minimum Wage Debate In Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 8:31 AM :: 7769 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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If the legislature is serious about fighting poverty in Hawaii, a broader and more comprehensive discussion is essential....
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 6115 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Why do the prices of food, clothing, and shelter keep going up?
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 |
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UHPA Files 'Prohibited Practice' Charges Against UH Administration
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 5053 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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UHPA has taken a two-pronged approach to preserve faculty rights. In December 2013, the union filed a prohibited practice charge....
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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In Search of the Glass Ceiling: Deciphering Data on Gender and Wages
By UHERO @ 8:03 PM :: 4648 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...the bottom line is that things might not be what they seem....
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Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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UHERO: Hawaii's minimum wage, poverty, and job creation
By UHERO @ 7:48 PM :: 6608 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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Ten different bills have been introduced at the legislature this session to raise Hawaii's minimum wage....
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Sunday, February 2, 2014 |
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LIUNA, UniteHere 'Bitterly Disappointed' With Obamacare
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 5155 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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The law imposes new costs and mandates on employer sponsors of health and welfare trust funds, but leaves irresponsible companies free of any obligation to contribute towards their employees' health insurance....
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Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Regressive Taxes: State Hypocrisy on Minimum Wage
By Andrew Walden @ 8:30 PM :: 7693 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living
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“…our residents living in poverty pay more in state taxes than all but three other states….”
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Union Membership Ranks 3rd in USA
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 5369 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Three states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2013: New York (24.4 percent), Alaska (23.1 percent),and Hawaii (22.1 percent)....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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SB2922: Lengthen School Year to 190 Days, Eliminate Minimum Hours of Instruction
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 4725 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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The bill also discontinues the requirements for the minimum number of student instructional hours effective at the end of the 2014-2015 school year....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 AM :: 4735 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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Would this actually help the entry-level workers it is supposed to help? ....
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Friday, January 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii's Weak Congressional Delegation Unable to Protect Tsunami Center
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 6889 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Labor
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...NOAA has quietly elevated its tsunami warning center in Alaska by relegating its Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii to secondary status....
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Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
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Video: Homosexual Child Molester's Alleged Victims Describe Grooming Process at Maui Pineapple Camp
By Video @ 8:58 PM :: 8008 Views :: Family, Labor, Religion
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...alleged victims of homosexual child molestation who give a very clear description of how homosexual child molesters single out and groom boys....
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Sunday, January 19, 2014 |
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Furloughs: Abercrombie Caught in Lie as He Launches First Campaign Ad
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 9557 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Politicians
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Sound financial management required making tough decisions and hard choices. All with NO furloughs** (this is a lie, Abercrombie continued Furloughs, renamed as DLWOP Days)....
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Sunday, January 19, 2014 |
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Bumble Bee CEO to Faleomavaega: You’re a Liar
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 AM :: 8969 Views :: National News, World News, Labor
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Bumble Bee chief executive Chris Lischewski has called untrue the Delegate’s assertion that Bumble Bee tuna is processed by child labor....
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Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
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Prominent labor leader convicted of mortgage fraud
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:44 PM :: 6180 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Rail
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Perry Artates, a former Maui Hawaiian Homeland commissioner and prominent labor leader, will spend 45 days in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud case that left a Maui family homeless....
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Monday, January 13, 2014 |
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New IRS Rule Could Cut Into Restaurant Workers' Tips
By NCPA @ 11:35 AM :: 6108 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes
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As of January 1, a new tax rule will prevent restaurant workers from collecting automatic tips....
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Friday, January 10, 2014 |
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Hauula Teacher Wins Back Pay After Pot-Fueled Firing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:07 PM :: 5084 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Kathleen Morita was teaching at Hauula Elementary School in September 2007 when a custodian reported the smell of marijuana coming from her classroom. He also reported what he thought was a bottle of wine in a paper bag....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 |
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Will Minimum Wage Legislation Wreck American Samoa Economy Again?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 6656 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Labor
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Faleomavaega got caught napping in 2007 and by the time he raced back to Washington in an effort to get us extricated, it was too late....
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