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Tuesday, February 11, 2025 |
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Feds Begin to Pull 'Project Labor Agreements'
By News Release @ 2:59 PM :: 433 Views :: Labor, Military, Small Business
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... U.S. Military Announces it is Dropping PLA Mandate ....
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Thursday, January 23, 2025 |
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Report: Hawaii Jail Guards Under Extreme Stress Due to Mandatory OT, Understaffing
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 452 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement
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... Many staff cited unsustainable work conditions marked by mandatory overtime, insufficient staff, and inadequate wellness resources ....
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Monday, January 20, 2025 |
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Court Rejects Biden's 'Project Labor Agreement' Mandate
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 789 Views :: Labor, Military, Rail
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"...Mandating PLAs for Most Federal Construction Projects Is an Unauthorized Set-Aside...."
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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14% of Hawaii Healthcare Jobs Vacant
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 640 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... 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 |
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Hawaii attorney general questions Walmart's retreat from DEI
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 671 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement
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... 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 |
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Kaiser Nurses and Healthcare Workers on Maui and Lanai Ratify New Contract Without Strike
By News Release @ 11:05 PM :: 607 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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... 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 |
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Hawaii worst state to work in 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 1160 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the lowest average disposable income, $5,929 per working resident ....
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Friday, December 20, 2024 |
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Hawaiʻi Taxpayers to See More Take-Home Pay Resulting from Historic Tax Cuts
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 1168 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... The Department of Taxation Requires Employers Decrease Withholding Amounts Beginning January 1, 2025 ....
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Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 1011 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii pension burden: 19.4% of personal income ....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024 |
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HSTA--Corrupt or Incompetent? -- 1,000 teachers shortchanged
By Video @ 12:01 PM :: 3239 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... 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 |
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Maui County Nurses Plan Three Day Strike
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 1247 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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... 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 |
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Hawaii 2nd Fewest Job Openings in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 727 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... 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 |
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UH Faculty Approve Contract
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 1309 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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... University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly Holds Ratification Vote ....
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Friday, October 4, 2024 |
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Digital States Survey: Hawaii Grade A-
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 1031 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... due to a commitment to the fundamentals of IT modernization ....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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Green Appoints Takamine to Labor Board
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 1112 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military
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... Welcomes New State Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General ....
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
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I. T. E. M. (Incompetence Takes Everyone’s Money)
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1265 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... employees were required to go to their principal’s office and sign a promissory note ....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 |
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Nurses Locked Out: Green Calls for Federal Mediation
By News Release @ 7:42 AM :: 928 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... 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 |
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Hundreds of teachers get free money from the sky after DoE fails to cut paychecks for a month
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 3469 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... 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 |
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PRP Report: Silver Tsunami Creates Construction Workforce Shortfall
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 1125 Views :: Development, Labor
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... 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 |
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Nurses Lockout: Green says both sides must request his help
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1264 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... 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 |
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Unions pursue law changes to boost membership
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 1749 Views :: Labor
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... 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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Wednesday, August 7, 2024 |
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'Defend Hawaii' -- SHOPO Again Targets Kauai's Outsider Chief
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1279 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Police
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... 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 |
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Regulations gone wrong
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:40 AM :: 1134 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... take a light-handed approach with occupational licensing ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Who Needs Collective Bargaining? Teachers Get $10K 'Differential' for Another Year
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 1092 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...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 |
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Green says major budget reform begins next year
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 AM :: 1103 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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... 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 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 50537 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...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 |
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Intent to Veto: Budget Drama Continues
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1185 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... 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 |
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Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authority
By Court House News @ 3:39 AM :: 1536 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Labor, Land Use, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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... 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 |
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Blangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into law
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 1168 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, COVID-19
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... increase the appropriation for the COVID hazard pay contingency to $115 million ....
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Sunday, June 16, 2024 |
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Budgeting Backwards
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1243 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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... there is now, government-wide, about a 30% vacancy rate in the number of authorized positions ....
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Friday, June 14, 2024 |
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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 61622 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor
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Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024 |
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SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 2930 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... CIO Murdock resigned without notice May 31, 2024. Now we know why ....
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Friday, May 24, 2024 |
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UHPA: Legislators' Retaliation Games Endanger UH Outside Funding
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 1421 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor
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"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 |
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Who Needs Collective Bargaining? More Cash Payouts for Teachers
By News Release @ 3:00 PM :: 1964 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... About 500 teachers qualify for payments ranging from $2,500 to $8,000 in June ....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
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SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 2018 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Labor, Tourism
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“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 |
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IBEW 1186 Employee Hit With $44K Embezzlement Charge
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 1904 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... after an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards ....
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Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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PLA? State keeps piling on rules that increase Hawaii’s cost of living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:20 PM :: 2082 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii’s $1.5 million PLA threshold is now the lowest in the nation ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:00 PM :: 38278 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor, Religion
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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, March 26, 2024 |
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HGEA Plants Convicted Felon on HLRB
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 AM :: 2685 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... it "harms the legal system, the profession, and the public" while fostering "a perception of privilege and arrogance" ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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Green's PLA directive will make Government Contracting Even More Expensive
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:05 PM :: 2330 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii taxpayers are going to be paying more for state government projects under a directive issued in February by Gov. Josh Green ....
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 |
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Your cost of living just went up
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:31 AM :: 2307 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Cost of Living
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... a new “administrative directive” that requires all state construction projects worth more than $1.5 million to be performed under so-called project labor agreements ....
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024 |
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Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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SHOPO & Maui County Reach Agreement on COVID Hazard Pay
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 2134 Views :: Maui County, Labor, Police, COVID-19
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... officers who worked in a patrol function through the pandemic will receive 20% Hazard Pay based on the actual number of hours worked during the pandemic. All other officers will receive 15% Hazard Pay. All officers will receive 15% Hazard Pay for actual overtime hours ....
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Friday, February 23, 2024 |
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HGEA members win substantial hazard pay from the Hawaii Education Department
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 1961 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, COVID-19
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... 7,800 HGEA employees of the state’s public school system will receive 25% of their base salary for the duration of Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamation from March 4, 2020, to March 25, 2022 ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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SB3381: Stop Lahaina Property Owners from Rebuilding
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 6237 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Labor
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... will Lahaina literally be handed over to the HCDA and an appointed ‘Community Board’ comprised of Josh Green’s hand-picked Carpenters Union representatives? ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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Rule Forcing Corrupt Project Labor Agreements Will Face Legal Challenges
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 1992 Views :: Maui County, Labor
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... a construction contract that required a PLA would be more expensive ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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More cost, More delay: Green Signs 'PLA' for Lahaina Rebuild
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 1985 Views :: Maui County, Labor
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"...the rebuilding of housing units in Lahaina alone will require at least 2,000 additional construction workers...."
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