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Friday, January 3, 2014 |
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Flawed Minimum Wage Hike Advocacy Will Cost Hawaii's Poorest Workers $7M this Year
By Andrew Walden @ 12:34 AM :: 7625 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...7,000 well-paid waiters are being played against 7,000 underpaid dishwashers....
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
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Informational Briefing on Violence at State Hospital
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 5108 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Tuesday, January 07, 2014
- TIME: 10 a.m.
- PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Monday, December 30, 2013 |
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Auditor Looks at Workers Comp Medical Fee Review Process
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 5212 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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While expenses have been slowly increasing for health care providers, legislated payment updates have remained flat since 2011....
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Saturday, December 28, 2013 |
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HGEA BU 10, 13 Contracts Detail ‘Huge Payout to Union’
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 9230 Views :: Labor
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...BU13 salary schedules reveal a base salary scale which will top out at $148,704....
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013 |
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HSTA Legislative Agenda: Bring Back Pre-Kindergarten
By News Release @ 7:08 PM :: 5761 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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Hawaii State Teachers Association urges the Legislature to support and fund the following....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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HSTA Joins AFL-CIO
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 3971 Views :: Labor
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Certificates of Affiliation were presented to HSTA at the biennial Hawaii State AFL-CIO Convention on November 14....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Creating a Fairer State Tax System and Economy for All Families
By News Release @ 12:53 PM :: 6188 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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Our state’s lower-income families are faced with almost insurmountable structural challenges to escaping poverty....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
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Violence at Hawaii State Hospital: Senate Committees Set Informational Briefing
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 4564 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
- TIME: 10 a.m.
- PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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Federal safety inspectors investigating violence at Hawaii State Hospital
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:35 PM :: 5190 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the Hawaii State Hospital, hospital administrators have confirmed....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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We Bet You Haven't Heard This About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4377 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates)....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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Senate Committees to Examine ERS Financial status
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 5562 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...informational briefing is to provide the legislature with an update on the ERS’ financial status and actuarial valuation report prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith and Company....
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Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
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Medicaid Buy-in Task Force Meeting Monday
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 4797 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Monday, December 09, 2013
- TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
- PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Sunday, December 1, 2013 |
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Taking Minimum Wage out of Context
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 4373 Views :: Labor
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There is obvious ignorance demonstrated when the minimum wage is characterized as a “living wage.”
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Friday, November 22, 2013 |
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Fort Shafter Project Labor Agreement Survey Due Dec. 2
By News Release @ 12:49 AM :: 7703 Views :: Labor, Military, Small Business
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...a federal construction contract to build Phase 2 of the USARPAC Command and Control Facility at Fort Shafter....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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EEOC: Del Monte Hawaii Settles Thai Farm Workers Case
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 5124 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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The EEOC named Del Monte Fresh Produce's Hawaii subsidiary, which contracted with Global for approximately three years ending in 2005 to tend pineapple fields the subsidiary leased on the island of Oahu....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Tsunami Center Evictions: Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
By News Release @ 12:14 PM :: 3564 Views :: Labor
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The National Weather Service is facing allegations of "waste, fraud and abuse" over the eviction of Pacific Tsunami Warning Center employees from their government housing....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Medicaid Buy-In Task Force to Meet
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5459 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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- DATE: Thursday, November 14, 2013
- TIME: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- PLACE: Conference Room 229 State Capitol
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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New lawsuit alleges former gubernatorial appointee’s involvement in financial shenanigans at union
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:08 PM :: 9144 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor, Rail
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Hit men, Yakuza, Hells Angels, the Chinese crime syndicate and Hawaii politicians....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Gangsters Terrorize Union Members Forced to Fund Illegal Pro-Rail PAC Headed by Hawaiian Homes Commissioner
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 12128 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor, Rail
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...Union of Operating Engineers cavorts with international crime syndicates, spends union dues illegally and intimidates dissenters with threats of violence....
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Saturday, October 26, 2013 |
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Hearings Set for HGEA Unit 10 & 13 Contract Appropriation
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 4590 Views :: Labor
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Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for all collective bargaining cost items ....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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How Obamacare Hurts You If You’re Looking for a Job
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:09 AM :: 4811 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Obamacare is keeping businesses from hiring....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Proposes More Items for Special Session Agenda
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 6255 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...Abercrombie has asked the Hawaii State Legislature to expand the agenda....
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 |
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McDermott: HGEA Contract Should be on Special Session Agenda
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 3699 Views :: Labor
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Legislation to fund pay raises for government professional and scientific employees will be introduced by House Republicans during the Special Session....
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Monday, October 14, 2013 |
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HGEA: Unit 13 Contract Restores Lost ‘Step Movements’
By News Release @ 12:08 PM :: 7410 Views :: Labor
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Second year: Placement of employees on their appropriate step and continuation of the step movement plan....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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The UHERO Dashboard Project Jobs Explorer: Occupations in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:31 AM :: 5487 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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The Hawaii Jobs Explorer, the first interactive tool to be released as a part of the ongoing UHERO Dashboard Project, is now available for public use....
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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Comparing Economies: Hawaii and Greece -- The Writing on the Wall
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:13 PM :: 8268 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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Recently UHERO presented a detailed inforgraphic of jobs in Hawaii. The inforgraphic answers questions like: What type of jobs, how many and how much do they make?
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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AG Louie the Grinch: Subs Won’t get Back Pay for Christmas
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 4945 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....
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Saturday, September 28, 2013 |
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VIDEO: HSTA Leaders talk about priorities for 2013-2014
By Video @ 12:38 AM :: 4858 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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President Wil Okabe shares HSTA’s “Three Priorities” for 2013-2014....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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HPR: Grassroot Institute on the “Critical State of Hawaii’s Unfunded Liabilities”
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:14 PM :: 5992 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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...listen to Dr. Akina further discuss the problem on HPR’s “The Conversation”....
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Monday, September 16, 2013 |
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Will Unions Want to Repeal Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:23 PM :: 4613 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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In a typical Friday afternoon “news dump,” the Treasury Department announced it could not grant unions’ request for another special Obamacare break....
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Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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$340K in Fines: Hawaii Wins Back OSHA Job After Unicold Raid
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 8604 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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Feds Let Hawaii Resume Control of Regulating Manufacturing Industries....
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Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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AFL-CIO: Obamacare Fundamentally Unfair to Union Workers
By News Release @ 12:45 AM :: 8749 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...without changes to the way the ACA is implemented, there are likely to be "unintended consequences" that will hurt workers' health care coverage....
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Monday, September 2, 2013 |
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ILWU: An injury to one of our corporate employers is an injury to all?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 7084 Views :: Environment, Development, Labor
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"I'm going to f*** with the environmentalists even if I don't have a dog in the fight"
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Monday, September 2, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: ILWU Quits AFL-CIO Over Obamacare, Union Raids
By News Release @ 12:40 PM :: 6513 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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IRONY: The ILWU is quitting AFL-CIO in part due to the signature achievement of a President whose teenage political lessons were learned from Frank Marshall Davis, formerly a columnist at the ILWU-owned Honolulu Record, which was printed back in the days when the ILWU was "too red" to be in the AFL-CIO....
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Monday, September 2, 2013 |
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Is America Still the Land of Labor?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:22 AM :: 3499 Views :: Labor
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For all the talk these days of how to revive our supposedly moribund American Dream, it took a college dropout-turned-actor to state the obvious....
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Friday, August 23, 2013 |
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Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for Government Pension Reform
By NCPA @ 2:48 PM :: 5278 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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Once they establish principles for reform, legislators can choose from a menu of options. Tinkering with existing plans is the most obvious, and sometimes the easiest....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
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It pays not to work: Hawaii highest welfare benefits in US
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:36 PM :: 5879 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...benefits in Hawaii average $49,175 — tops in the nation....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Leads Nation in Making Welfare More Attractive than Work
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:37 AM :: 7820 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Grassroot Institute President Akina calls for strengthening system to improve employment incentive....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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OSHA hits Hawaii refrigerated food warehouse: $253K Fine, 63 Violations
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 5850 Views :: Labor, Small Business
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...a refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine tenants....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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JN Musto: Will Hawaii Become the Next Detroit?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 6083 Views :: Economy, Labor
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Musto discusses with Grassroot Institute’s president Keli’i Akina the similarities and differences between Detroit and Hawaii in light of Detroit’s recent declaration of bankruptcy....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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UHERO: School's Out, Unemployment Up?
By UHERO @ 4:51 PM :: 5498 Views :: Economy, Labor
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Last week's Star Advertiser reported that Honolulu’s unemployment rate increased from May’s 4.0% to 4.7% in June....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 |
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Hawaiian Homelands Commissioner Resigns After Mortgage Fraud Conviction Exposed
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:05 PM :: 7696 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor
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Artates is also executive director of the Hawaii Operating Engineers Stabilization Fund...Sentencing hearings are scheduled Sept. 23....
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 |
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Act 268 Hawaii Unfunded Liabilities Plan: Pot of Gold for Corrupt Union Leaders
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 9654 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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OPEB-related corruption has been in the news for years. For instance....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Federal Government in Worse Shape than Detroit
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:04 PM :: 6298 Views :: National News, Labor, Taxes
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Detroit’s demise was the result of big-government, liberal policies promoted by self-interested politicians and coercive public employee unions....
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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Serious New Questions on Obama Labor Nominee
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 5129 Views :: National News, Labor
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Perez has faced questions about his misleading congressional testimony about his involvement in a quid pro quo deal with the city of St. Paul, Minnesota....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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Hotel Workers, Teamsters, UFCW Turning Against Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:44 PM :: 5300 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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"The unintended consequences of the ACA are severe...."
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Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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Opportunity to Strengthen Accountability for Tax Dollars
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 5224 Views :: Labor, Taxes
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News of the very generous pay increases granted to police officers sent shock waves through the ranks of city and county officials across the state generating calls for “revenue enhancements” or tax increases....
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Monday, July 1, 2013 |
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Governor Signs Bills Expanding Protections, Support for Women and Keiki
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 6366 Views :: Family, Labor, Law Enforcement
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The Governor also signed bills that extend the voluntary foster care age to 21 as well as keep keiki safe from a parent who has been convicted of a sexual assault....
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Monday, July 1, 2013 |
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As Pritzger Nomination Ratified, UNITE HERE, Hyatt Settle
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 3851 Views :: Labor
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The agreement will go into effect upon the settlement and ratification of union contracts by Hyatt associates in San Francisco, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Chicago.....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
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Act 137: Abercrombie Creates New HGEA Bargaining Unit
By News Release @ 12:21 AM :: 5631 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement
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Bargaining Unit 14, to represent state law enforcement officers, and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers....
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