We were sitting here over a few cups of coffee digesting the morning news when Meda suddenly sputtered and shook the copy of the Advertiser at me. She pointed to a long sentence in Derrick DePledge’s story on Department of Education furloughs. “This makes no sense,” she said, and read the sentence back to me. [...]
There was a little grumbling at the State Capitol yesterday as hundreds of parents, teachers, and students gathered for a rally in support of education on Lingle’s first Furlough Friday. Union leaders weren’t invited to speak to the crowd. Muted behind the scenes grumbling from some union supporters. Politicians and candidates weren’t invited to speak [...]
Tags: furloughs
A protest rally on the first “furlough Friday” is planned at the State Capitol beginning at 10 a.m. this Friday morning, Oct. 23. More information can be found on the web site of the group calling itself “Hawaii Education Matters“. Buses will be ferrying participants from the University of Hawaii Manoa Campus to the capitol, [...]
Senate President Colleen Hanabusa isn’t the only one who is suggesting that Gov. Lingle appears to be inflating the state’s budget deficit. Lawrence “Bill” Boyd, labor economist on the faculty of the University of Hawaii’s Center for Labor Education & Research, says the cuts being proposed by Gov. Lingle are 25% greater than required to [...]
Tags: furloughs
Click here to read the state’s reply brief to the joint HSTA/UPW motion seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation of furloughs. The case is scheduled to be argued in court tomorrow. The state argues that relieving employees of their duties temporarily for legitimate reasons is a non-negotiable management right under state law. [...]
Tags: furloughs·Hawaii·Public Employees
With Hawaii’s public employee unions poised for a unity rally at the State Capitol this afternoon, it seemed like a good time to check furlough-related news from across the country. • From Stateline.org, an overview of furloughs being implemented across the country. • Another review of furloughs comes from Illinois, where the governor lacks legal [...]
Tags: furloughs
