Labor

... the debate over evaluations has been full of false information ....

"The ACA is threatening to dismantle multi-employer health and welfare funds that provide affordable, high-quality health care...."

As your Governor, I will work with the Board to immediately place a hold on the components of the Educator Effectiveness System....

...Can anything be in worse condition than unfunded government pensions? Unfortunately, yes – and it’s called OPEB....

...we identified significant public and private infrastructure projects that are “on the books” over the next 20 years....

The High Cost of Big Labor looks at the economic impact of labor policies on U.S. states....

...the CLEAR facility is located at UH West Oahu, and that campus testifies that it is okay with scrapping the CLEAR fund....

Grace is the Republican candidate for the Waikiki-Ala Moana seat currently held by Democrat Tom Brower, who gained international notoriety last year for using a sledgehammer to smash shopping carts used by the homeless....

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Association of Hawaii are pleased to announce a two-year agreement that will run through June 30, 2016....

The International Labor Organization says agricultural workers are among the most vulnerable....

Approximately 60 percent of the 7.1 million people receiving public mental health services nationwide want to work....

...the administration “performing a $4 billion magic trick”....

The old saying "nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there" seems to sum up employment conditions in Hawaii....

The First Circuit Court of Hawaii will have to decide whether employers in the state have a legal obligation to preserve an employee’s original position indefinitely ....

...the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important victory for participants in home-health care programs....

Cayetano sued to clear his name after PRP Hawaii spent $2 million on a media campaign against him....

A published analysis by a senior political reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser rates Andria Tupola as the GOP’s best young prospect....

...the agreement would cost $32 million over two years, a cost that needs to be approved by the Legislature.....

Brower has lost the confidence of the groups and individuals who once supported him....

The top districts for paying teachers with a bachelor’s degree and five years of experience are Chicago ($62,046), New York ($52,278), Hawaii ($50,728)....

An “open” endorsement means the union does not endorse a candidate....

Both are interim appointments subject to state Senate approval....

...Cayetano had claimed PRP's ad campaign tarnished his reputation by unfairly portraying him as corrupt for accepting about $500,000 in illegal campaign contributions during the Democrat's narrow re-election victory over Linda Lingle....

A California state judge ruled on Tuesday that granting a teacher tenure after less than two years in a teaching position is unconstitutional....

The changes reflect the DOE’s commitment to reduce burden on teachers and administrators....

After a recruitment and selection process of nearly two months, the Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is announcing a new Deputy Superintendent’s Principal Roundtable....

...a cost of living more than 50 percent higher than the norm makes it very difficult to make a decent living....

The income gap between rich and poor tends to be wider in blue states than in red states....

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....

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....

Some school principals are asking the State Board of Education to remove Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi and her deputy, Ronn Nozoe....

... compared to most other fishing fleets in the U.S., workers in this fleet are at high risk of suffering a fatal injury ....

When Valmoja objected to the continued harassment and retaliation by other HDOT-Airports employees, including managers, her employment was terminated....

...UNITE HERE Local 5 union officials have an ugly history of violating the rights of the workers they claim to represent....

Despite claims to the contrary, relatively few Hawaiians would benefit from the increase....

Establishes a rewards and recognition program (RRP) for the last two years (sort of)....

The federal government, citing “deplorable” and “unsafe” conditions, has fined Hawaii’s top exporter of basil nearly a half-million dollars....

...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....

Today is “Equal Pay Day” for those who believe that The Man is keeping women down....

The Atlantic Cities magazine published a condensed analysis of seven main reasons that explain why U.S infrastructure project cost more than elsewhere....

"...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

"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...."

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....

...working together to patch and repair uneven sidewalks near the State Capitol on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8 to 11 a.m....

That might explain why they’re grasping for new members in stunts like unionizing college athletes....

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....

The federal civil case against Global Horizons has dragged on for years....