HB 301

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

By Representative(s) TAKAI; Morihara

Keywords: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, FIREFIGHTERS, HEALTH, MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION, NURSES AND NURSING, POLICE, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FACULTY AND STAFF

Report Title: Collective Bargaining; Strike

Description: Excludes public employees in bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), (10), and (13) from mandatory binding arbitration. Allows these public employees to participate in a strike on the issue of the amounts of contributions by the State and counties to the Hawaii public employees health fund.

 1-22-99        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-25-99        H Referred to the committees on 1. LAB 2. FIN ,
                  referral sheet 3
 2-18-99        H Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday,
                  02-18-99 at 8:30 A.M. in House conference room 309.
 2-18-99        H The committee(s) recommends that the measure be
                  deferred.
 2-19-99        H Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday,
                  02-19-99 at 8:30 A.M. in House conference room 309.
 2-19-99        H The committee on LAB recommends that the measure be         
                  HELD.
 2-19-99        H The votes in LAB were as follows:8 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Yoshinaga, Catalani, Hamakawa, Nakasone, Okamura,
                  Takai, Moses, Rath; Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s)         
                  ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 2 Excused: Rep.(s)
                  Goodenow, Hiraki