STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2033

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2324

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2324 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide a vehicle to implement pending collective bargaining agreements for bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 13 as a result of the "favored nation" clause in the current collective bargaining agreements for those bargaining units.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

 

     Your Committee finds that a "favored nation" clause in a collective bargaining agreement allows the union to renegotiate the terms of the agreement should another public union settle on terms that are more favorable.  As a result, the Hawaii Government Employees Association is anticipating a need for funds pending the results of the Hawaii State Teachers Association and the United Public Workers Union collective bargaining agreement ratifications.  If the terms of those agreements are more favorable, this measure will serve as vehicle for funds to be appropriated.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2324 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair