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Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 64903 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 2930 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Drugs

... Norman Akau III, a former union board member who founded a Kaneohe-based motorcycle gang and served as an enforcer for the late Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., was sentenced to 14 years ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
​State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 1111 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... More than 900 interested job seekers attended ....

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 1058 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living

... WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states across 20 key metrics ....

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Friday, April 18, 2025
Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 41052 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor, Religion

If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
‘Long and tortuous path’ continues in Hawaii bioenergy dispute
By Court House News @ 5:16 AM :: 943 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Labor

... A federal judge signaled he is likely to dismiss some claims in a dispute between Hu Honua and Hawaiian Electric ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
UPW Tracks Statewide Payout of COVID Hazard Pay
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 2100 Views :: Labor, COVID-19

... United Public Workers is actively engaged in a legal fight for Temporary Hazard Pay (THP) with employers in nine jurisdictions across Hawaii ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Feds Release $2.5M to Reimburse Nonprofit for Shuttered Lahaina Jobs Program
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 874 Views :: Maui County, Labor

... temporary jobs focused on cleaning up debris and repairing damage caused by the fires ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii Highest Union Membership in USA
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 1116 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... 61% of public employees are union members in Hawaii ....

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Sunday, March 2, 2025
HB202: A Stealthy Unemployment Insurance Tax Hike
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1127 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living

... multiplying the result by 150% ....

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Saturday, March 1, 2025
State housing program expanded to support more City Employees
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 1121 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Cost of Living

... "lawyers and activists" are now eligible to participate in the DEP program ....

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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Debt: Honolulu 4th Worst 'Sinkhole City'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:33 PM :: 1265 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes

... a debt burden of $2.25 billion, translating to $17,400 per taxpayer ....

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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Island Flex Open Enrollment Period: March 1 through April 30, 2025
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 992 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Tax Credits

... Island Flex is a program that allows employees to allocate a portion of their salary into Medical Spending Accounts and/or Dependent Care Spending Accounts on a tax-free basis ....

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Green Executive Order to Speed State Hiring?
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 995 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

“...As we witness the very quickly changing landscape of the federal government, federal workforce and federal policies, this order directs state agencies to review candidates and make a conditional job offer within 14 days of receiving an individual’s application....”

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Feds Begin to Pull 'Project Labor Agreements'
By News Release @ 2:59 PM :: 1203 Views :: Labor, Military, Small Business

... U.S. Military Announces it is Dropping PLA Mandate ....

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Report: Hawaii Jail Guards Under Extreme Stress Due to Mandatory OT, Understaffing
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 889 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement

... Many staff cited unsustainable work conditions marked by mandatory overtime, insufficient staff, and inadequate wellness resources ....

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Monday, January 20, 2025
Court Rejects Biden's 'Project Labor Agreement' Mandate
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 1252 Views :: Labor, Military, Rail

"...Mandating PLAs for Most Federal Construction Projects Is an Unauthorized Set-Aside...."

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Saturday, January 11, 2025
14% of Hawaii Healthcare Jobs Vacant
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 1323 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living

... 34,181 healthcare positions in the state and a 14% vacancy rate, a significant decrease from the 17% vacancy rate reported in 2022 ....

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Saturday, January 11, 2025
Hawaii attorney general questions Walmart's retreat from DEI
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 1027 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement

... Walmart reportedly is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies to focus on being more "belonging." ....

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Monday, January 6, 2025
Kaiser Nurses and Healthcare Workers on Maui and Lanai Ratify New Contract Without Strike
By News Release @ 11:05 PM :: 1125 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

... The agreement includes significant wage increases for lowest-paid workers and enforceable staffing language to protect patient care ....

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Saturday, December 28, 2024
Hawaii worst state to work in 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 1672 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the lowest average disposable income, $5,929 per working resident ....

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Friday, December 20, 2024
Hawaiʻi Taxpayers to See More Take-Home Pay Resulting from Historic Tax Cuts
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 1650 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The Department of Taxation Requires Employers Decrease Withholding Amounts Beginning January 1, 2025 ....

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Sunday, December 8, 2024
Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 1411 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... Hawaii pension burden: 19.4% of personal income ....

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
HSTA--Corrupt or Incompetent? -- 1,000 teachers shortchanged
By Video @ 12:01 PM :: 3944 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

... HSTA did not challenge HIDOE’s decision to exclude prior experience for the “compression fix” -- 1,000 Teachers May be Shortchanged on Pay ....

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Friday, October 25, 2024
Maui County Nurses Plan Three Day Strike
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 1749 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

... Union representing most of the staff at Maui’s only acute care hospital delivered 10-day notice of Unfair Labor Practice strike during bargaining today ....

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Hawaii 2nd Fewest Job Openings in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 2204 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the rate of job openings for the latest month and the last 12 months ....

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Monday, October 21, 2024
UH Faculty Approve Contract
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 1868 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

... University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly Holds Ratification Vote ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
Digital States Survey: Hawaii Grade A-
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 1387 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... due to a commitment to the fundamentals of IT modernization ....

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Green Appoints Takamine to Labor Board
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 1616 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military

... Welcomes New State Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General ....

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
I. T. E. M. (Incompetence Takes Everyone’s Money)
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1616 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

... employees were required to go to their principal’s office and sign a promissory note ....

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Nurses Locked Out: Green Calls for Federal Mediation
By News Release @ 7:42 AM :: 1274 Views :: Health Care, Labor

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., and Attorney General Anne Lopez are urging both parties to seek federal mediation ....

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Friday, September 20, 2024
Hundreds of teachers get free money from the sky after DoE fails to cut paychecks for a month
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 5887 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

... we appreciate the $2,000 placeholder checks and $800 for those who were denied both their Aug. 20 and Sept. 5 paychecks ....

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Thursday, September 19, 2024
PRP Report: Silver Tsunami Creates Construction Workforce Shortfall
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 1505 Views :: Development, Labor

... workforce development report called New Foundations: Laying the Groundwork for Hawai‘i’s Middle-class Renewal and Revival of the Trades ....

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Nurses Lockout: Green says both sides must request his help
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1606 Views :: Health Care, Labor

... I am more than willing to mediate if both the union and the employer request my help ....

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Unions pursue law changes to boost membership
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 3621 Views :: Labor

... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
State awards first contract to build educator rentals
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 2849 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Labor

... 100+ units in Mililani .... 

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
'Defend Hawaii' -- SHOPO Again Targets Kauai's Outsider Chief
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1749 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Police

... The Kauai SHOPO chapter released the results of a comprehensive membership survey which unsurprisingly says Raybuck is a bad bad person ....

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Sunday, July 28, 2024
Regulations gone wrong
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:40 AM :: 1576 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business

... take a light-handed approach with occupational licensing ....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Who Needs Collective Bargaining? Teachers Get $10K 'Differential' for Another Year
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 1452 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

...In a memo dated May 31, the HIDOE announced the continuation of differentials, ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 annually....

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Friday, July 12, 2024
Green says major budget reform begins next year
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 AM :: 1507 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes

... Hawaii lawmakers enacted a large income tax cut this year, and major budget reform will begin next year to ensure it stays in place, Gov. Josh Green said ....

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Sunday, July 7, 2024
July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 51697 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor

...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time.  Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....

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Sunday, June 30, 2024
Intent to Veto: Budget Drama Continues
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1557 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... Intent to Veto: HB 1800, which is the state’s budget bill, and HB 40, which is the bill that puts $300 million into our rainy day fund and $135 million into the pension accumulation fund .... 

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Sunday, June 30, 2024
Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authority
By Court House News @ 3:39 AM :: 2151 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Labor, Land Use, Law Enforcement, Small Business

... For 40 years, the Chevron precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency 'expertise' ....

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Saturday, June 22, 2024
Blangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into law
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 1621 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19

... increase the appropriation for the COVID hazard pay contingency to $115 million ....

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Sunday, June 16, 2024
Budgeting Backwards
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1619 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes

... there is now, government-wide, about a 30% vacancy rate in the number of authorized positions ....

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 3431 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor

... CIO Murdock resigned without notice May 31, 2024.  Now we know why ....

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Friday, May 24, 2024
UHPA: Legislators' Retaliation Games Endanger UH Outside Funding
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 1790 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor

"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."

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Friday, May 10, 2024
Who Needs Collective Bargaining? More Cash Payouts for Teachers
By News Release @ 3:00 PM :: 2327 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

... About 500 teachers qualify for payments ranging from $2,500 to $8,000 in June ....

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 2378 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Labor, Tourism

“We thank Gov. Green, Hawai‘i legislators, and our partners at the Hawai‘i Hotel Alliance, UNITE HERE Local 5, and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142 for their leadership in passing this important law."--AHLA Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
IBEW 1186 Employee Hit With $44K Embezzlement Charge
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 2302 Views :: Ethics, Labor

... after an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards ....

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