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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 |
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Money and Power: HSTA Priorities for 2022 Legislature
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 2711 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... HSTA’s Government Relations Committee spotlights priorities for the 2022 Legislature ....
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Friday, January 7, 2022 |
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UHERO: Effects of COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 9:20 PM :: 3219 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... the trade-off in temporary losses during the adjustment period is met with significant gains in public health ....
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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COVID: Hawaii Shutdowns Among Harshest in USA
By News Release @ 8:44 PM :: 3130 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The study showed a statistically significant correlation between how severe state governmental actions were in shutting down their economies and negative impacts on employment more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began ....
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Thursday, December 30, 2021 |
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COVID: HSTA Urges Sickout
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 3027 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... HSTA encourages all of our members to ensure they stay home from work if they have mild symptoms, notify their health care provider, and get tested right away. HSTA members should know they have the right to request quarantine leave benefits ....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021 |
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DLIR Reports Seven Workplace fatalities in 2021
By News Release @ 7:54 PM :: 1731 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... seven fatalities to date occurred in 2021 among twenty-three major incidents reported unrelated to the COVID-19 Pandemic ....
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Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
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Number of initial unemployment claims up in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 2118 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... New weekly unemployment claims increased by 291 in Hawaii to 1,615 for the week ending Dec. 18 ....
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021 |
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Feds Bust Two Restaurants for Failure to Pay Overtime
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 2387 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... The division’s investigation led to the recovery of $40,000 in back wages plus another $40,000 in liquidated damages for five workers ....
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Monday, December 20, 2021 |
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Hawaii--2nd Lowest Job Growth in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 3656 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most from COVID ....
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Friday, December 17, 2021 |
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VIDEO: SHOPO Elects new Leaders after Alm Endorsement Backfires
By Video @ 2:23 PM :: 2611 Views :: Labor, Police
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... SHOPO Elections End In Shake-up For Union Leadership after Alm endorsement backfires ....
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Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 6% for November
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 1667 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... unemployment rate for November was 6.0 percent compared to the revised rate of 6.4 percent in October ....
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Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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Soaring Unfunded Pension Liabilities Threaten Taxpayers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 AM :: 2347 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... As Crisis Intensifies, Union Dons Push For Even More Spending ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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HSTA: Pandemic Relief Money Can Go Into Our Pockets
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 2289 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... we can grab for 21 hours of 'professional development' or college loan relief or something ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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HSTA: Union Contract Supersedes COVID Emergency Orders
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 2386 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... HSTA, employer file arguments on HSTA’s prohibited practice complaint decision pending by the Hawaii Labor Relations Board ....
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
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COVID: UH Faculty Win Six More Months of Telework
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 2132 Views :: Higher Education, Labor, COVID-19
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... Teleworking UH Faculty will be exempt from requirements to submit work plans through June 30, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021 |
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State Completes implementation of new electronic time and leave system
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 2305 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... 13,000 employees in the Executive and Legislative branches, and the Office of the Hawaiian Affairs produce 90,000 electronic leave records each month ....
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Monday, November 22, 2021 |
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HSTA encourages teachers to apply for sabbatical leave
By News Release @ 9:31 PM :: 3151 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... Teachers may apply for one semester or for the entire school year ....
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Friday, November 19, 2021 |
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COVID-19 regulations aren’t cost-free
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:16 PM :: 2189 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... ignoring the full cost is tantamount to malpractice ....
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Friday, November 19, 2021 |
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Unemployment Drops to 6.3% for October
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 1884 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... DBEDT today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 6.3 percent compared to 6.6 percent in September ....
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Saturday, November 13, 2021 |
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Strike Halted, Tentative Agreement Reached Between Alliance Unions and Kaiser Permanente
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 2089 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached tentative agreement on a four-year contract ....
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Monday, November 8, 2021 |
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State Launches ABLE Savings Program for Disabled
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 2191 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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... In 2019, Gov. Ige signed Kal’s Law, which allowed individuals with a qualifying disability to work full-time at minimum wage without losing state or federal benefits. This year, Gov. Ige signed a bill that became Act 55 — which removes the practice of paying individuals a sub-minimum wage based solely on the fact the individual has a disability ....
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Thursday, November 4, 2021 |
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DLIR to Partially Reopen December 1
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 1957 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... Services from all programs in the department will be available Wednesdays through Fridays. Telephone appointments for general unemployment insurance and claims adjudication services will continue on Mondays and Tuesdays ....
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
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Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians authorize strike in Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:24 PM :: 2441 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Clinicians are also seeking a state investigation into Kaiser’s violation of laws ensuring parity for mental health care ....
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Saturday, October 30, 2021 |
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Seminar: Teachers Union Pushing Transsexual Agenda
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 3423 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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... Transgender 101 for Educators Presented by the HSTA Human and Civil Rights Committee ....
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021 |
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IATSE Announces Another Movie Contract Agreement
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 1765 Views :: Labor
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... Contract ratification can now move ahead for a combined 60,000 workers in TV and film nationwide ....
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Sunday, October 24, 2021 |
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Hawaii Has Most Jobs Seekers per Job Opening
By Andrew Walden @ 2:56 AM :: 2704 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 77 months until Hawaii returns to pre-COVID unemployment rates ....
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Saturday, October 23, 2021 |
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State Unemployment Recovery? -- Hawaii 49th
By News Release @ 2:37 PM :: 2702 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii Increase in Unemployment (September 2021 vs September 2019) 175.50% ....
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Thursday, October 21, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate Drops to 6.6%
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 1889 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 6.6 percent compared to 7.0 percent in August ....
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Thursday, October 21, 2021 |
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Substitute shortage reported in urban and rural schools across the state
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 2099 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... 100+ substitute positions are unfilled daily with others diverted to fill-in ....
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Sunday, October 17, 2021 |
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No, DOE, You’re Not God
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2617 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... DOE told HSTA the Governor’s Emergency Proclamation suspends Hawaii law governing collective bargaining in public employment ....
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Sunday, October 10, 2021 |
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Hiding the Failure: DoE Stops Teacher Evaluations
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 2753 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... Evaluation paused this school year for effective teachers ... Probationary teachers will still be evaluated, but with fewer observations ....
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Saturday, October 9, 2021 |
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HSTA Demands Schools Teach so-called 'Critical Race Theory'
By News Release @ 5:29 AM :: 5800 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Labor
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"Manufactured attacks on critical race theory aim to dismantle ongoing efforts to provide an equitable education for all keiki" -- HSTA
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Thursday, October 7, 2021 |
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021 |
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EEOC Sues Suisan Company, Ltd for Racial Harassment and Retaliation
By News Release @ 5:16 AM :: 2677 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Labor
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... Food Distributor Condoned Racial Harassment and Retaliated Against African American Employee for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges ....
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021 |
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Hawaii’s Big Government Bureaucracy; How Red Tape Threatens the Individual
By Video @ 3:45 AM :: 2614 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... Hawaii government bureaucracy often it serves itself instead of the public ....
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Monday, September 27, 2021 |
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Kauai County: Supervisors on FlexTime, Employees Moonlighting
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 3052 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Labor
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... the fact that a SWD employee was allowed to moonlight in another county job was a reason for this audit ....
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Sunday, September 26, 2021 |
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Best States for Teachers? Hawaii Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 AM :: 3167 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Earlier in 2021, teachers in many schools across the U.S. had to provide online-only instruction to students...a massive number of students experienced significant learning loss ....
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Monday, September 20, 2021 |
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46% Rate Hike: Audit Exposes Young Bros Fraudulent Accounting Tricks
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 PM :: 3875 Views :: Jones Act, Labor, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Saltchuk and Foss transferring expenses to YBs books makes YB seem less profitable, thereby fraudulently ‘justifying’ PUC rate hikes ....
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Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery: Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 2731 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... progress toward economic recovery has been largely due to the distribution of the vaccine and yet highly vaccinated Hawaii still finds a way to lag ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 7.0%
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 1833 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide, 601,800 were employed and 45,550 unemployed in August ....
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees, Contractors and Large Private Sector Employers
By Video @ 10:41 PM :: 2734 Views :: National News, Labor, COVID-19
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... More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will soon be federally mandated to either get vaccinated against Covid-19 or get tested weekly ....
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021 |
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HSTA files class grievances over COVID school conditions, testing mandate
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 2413 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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"HIDOE has thus far refused to formally engage in the bargaining process, preferring only to sit informally over these issues...."
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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State Announces End of All Federal Unemployment & Assistance Programs
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 2257 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... This affects individuals receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC). ...
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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Secret Arbitration Revealed: How DPS Official Kept Crooked Cop On The Job After FBI Raid
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 PM :: 10386 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor, Police
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... top Corrections Official was Secret Arbitrator keeping mafia-connected HPD officers on the job ....
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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98.6% of State Employees Comply with COVID Mandate
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 2553 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 87% fully vaccinated and close to 5% partially vaccinated ....
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Monday, August 23, 2021 |
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Union Lawsuit Compares COVID Vaccine to Nazi Experiments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 AM :: 6079 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... Nazi experiments? Flu is worse? Livestock deworming pill is the cure? Hydroxychloroquine? All of these tired old anti-vaxxer chestnuts are front and center ....
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Thursday, August 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 7.3%
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 2399 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... in comparison with July 2020 nonfarm jobs have risen by 53,000, or 10.0 percent. However, in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 72,400, or -11.1 percent. ...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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DLIR Delays Reopening Unemployment Offices (again)
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 2042 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... DLIR today announced it will not open statewide offices as planned on September 7, 2021 due to the significant increase in COVID-19 cases ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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Video: First Responders Oppose Vaccine Mandate
By Video @ 11:42 PM :: 2329 Views :: Labor, COVID-19
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... A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court on Friday for City and County workers who believe they are being forced to take the COVID- 19 vaccine ....
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021 |
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Unions Ask Gov. Ige to Intervene in C&C of Honolulu's Vaccine Mandate
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 2607 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... The City & County of Honolulu is the only Hawaii government employer that is not providing all unvaccinated employees the “alternative” of regular COVID-19 testing ....
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