Hawaii Legislature Agrees To Defer Pay Raises Ahead Of Final Votes - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Legislature Agrees To Defer Pay Raises Ahead Of Final Votes
Some of Hawaii’s public workers unions also tentatively agreed to forgo raises this year as lawmakers, Gov. David Ige’s cabinet and state judges do the same. Reading time: 8 minutes.
State lawmakers set the stage Friday for a vote to hold off on pay raises for themselves as well as members of Gov. David Ige’s Cabinet and judges after a year that saw business closures and record high levels of unemployment in Hawaii due to the pandemic.
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Public Worker Unions Urge Ige To Halt Furlough Plan, Cite Confusion In State Departments - Honolulu Civil Beat
The chief justice told Judiciary employees there will not be immediate furloughs, but negotiations are “ongoing.” Reading time: 5 minutes.
Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald announced Thursday that the state Judiciary will not immediately impose furloughs, and the major Hawaii public workers unions alleged that Gov. David Ige’s plan to furlough more than 10,000 public workers has caused confusion among the governor’s own department heads.
“One day after Gov. David Ige announced plans to furlough tens of thousands of employees in his state workforce, details are emerging showing the so-called plan actually isn’t one,” according to a statement by the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the Hawaii State Teachers Association and other public worker unions.
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On Monday, Hawaii’s four electors will cast their vote for president based on the popular vote. You may recall that in the last election in 2016 one of the four votes went to Bernie Sanders instead of Hilary Clinton. Since that time, the Democratic party has tightened up its process. It has switched from a caucus driven process to a party run primary.
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Hermina Morita, one of the four electors who are expected to vote for president elect Joe Biden and vice president elect Kamala Harris.
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