STAND. COM. REP. 1448

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1426

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1426, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assist substitute teachers of the Department of Education (DOE) by:

(1) Creating collective bargaining unit (14) for substitute teachers, including part-time employees working less than one-half of a full-time equivalent position; and

(2) Allowing members of the new bargaining unit (14) to strike.

The Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 368, AFL-CIO, testified in support of this bill. The Office of Collective Bargaining and Managed Competition and DOE opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1426, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair