Labor

... Contract ratification can now move ahead for a combined 60,000 workers in TV and film nationwide ....

... 77 months until Hawaii returns to pre-COVID unemployment rates .... 

... Hawaii Increase in Unemployment (September 2021 vs September 2019) 175.50% ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 6.6 percent compared to 7.0 percent in August ....

... 100+ substitute positions are unfilled daily with others diverted to fill-in ....

"...The suspension of Chapter 89 sets a dangerous precedent...."

... DOE told HSTA the Governor’s Emergency Proclamation suspends Hawaii law governing collective bargaining in public employment ....

... Evaluation paused this school year for effective teachers ... Probationary teachers will still be evaluated, but with fewer observations ....

"Manufactured attacks on critical race theory aim to dismantle ongoing efforts to provide an equitable education for all keiki" -- HSTA

... HSTA immediately files demands for arbitration ....

... Food Distributor Condoned Racial Harassment and Retaliated Against African American Employee for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges ....

... Hawaii government bureaucracy often it serves itself instead of the public ....

... the fact that a SWD employee was allowed to moonlight in another county job was a reason for this audit ....

... 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 ....

... Saltchuk and Foss transferring expenses to YBs books makes YB seem less profitable, thereby fraudulently ‘justifying’ PUC rate hikes ....

... 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 ....

... Statewide, 601,800 were employed and 45,550 unemployed in August  ....

... 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 ....

"HIDOE has thus far refused to formally engage in the bargaining process, preferring only to sit informally over these issues...."

... This affects individuals receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC). ...

... top Corrections Official was Secret Arbitrator keeping mafia-connected HPD officers on the job ....

... 87% fully vaccinated and close to 5% partially vaccinated ....

... Nazi experiments?  Flu is worse?  Livestock deworming pill is the cure?  Hydroxychloroquine?  All of these tired old anti-vaxxer chestnuts are front and center ....

... 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. ...

... DLIR today announced it will not open statewide offices as planned on September 7, 2021 due to the significant increase in COVID-19 cases ....

... 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 ....

... 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 ....

... they believe their sacred union contracts supersede all other laws including health emergency laws ....

... HSTA parent union supports Ige's mandatory vaccination-or-testing program .... 

... what may turn out to be the biggest fraud wave in U.S. history ....

... Employees who certify and provide proof of full vaccination will not be subject to testing requirement ....

... Claimants May Request Slots to Speak with an Investigator ....

... scheduled to take effect on August 23, 2021, the first day of the 2021 fall semester ....

... Beginning Aug. 16, 2021, all State and county employees must provide their vaccination status to their department ....

... Our policy allows Active members of UHPA to object to the $5.00 per month allocation to the Political Action Fund ....

"... parents still have the option to keep their children at home until they feel it is safe ...."

... How can the HSTA manipulate this program to shut down schools? ....

... Akau said the problem involved hiring for jobs on the docks, and that removing Victim 12 “would help the flow of jobs onto the docks.”…

... Hawaii no longer has the nation’s highest unemployment rate ....

... For every teacher the state dedicates to distance learning when students return to class in August, it would need to pull a teacher out of the classroom, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Tuesday ....

"...Any changes to your salary and conditions of employment must be negotiated and it was wrong for the Legislature to interfere with the bargaining process...."

... to each individual HGEA bargaining unit member employed by the City who feels they have worked under hazardous conditions relating to COVID-19 exposure ....

... The Senate will reconvene on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 3:00pm to reconsider a potential veto override of HB53 and vote on proposed floor amendments to meet the Governor’s objections in his veto message for HB54, HB1299 and SB589 ....

... The two bills are SB589 SD2 HD2 CD1 – Relating to the University of Hawaii and HB1296 HD1 SD2 CD1 – Relating to State Funds ....

... Hawaii Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Least ....

... Statewide 595,300 were employed and 52,150 unemployed in May ....

... in April 2021 the state of Hawaiʻi had 53,000 people unemployed and 27,415 job openings ....

... Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced it will start processing MEUC applications beginning on June 17, 2021 ....

... the short two-year duration will allow HSTA to begin this process once more in a little over a year’s time with the next permanent superintendent ....

...  HGEA requires voter ID to cast ballot.  UPW has some fun Q&A about ballot handling issues ....