I finally got around to following-up on my post last month concerning the failure to use details from arbitration proceedings involving public employee unions in reporting on state and county wage increases (“Public again left to guess about arbitrators’ decisions“).

In my Hawaii Monitor column in Civil Beat this week, I dug through the arbitrators’ decision in the case of HGEA Unit 9 nurses.

It’s an interesting behind-the-scenes look at bargaining positions of both sides, and how those were evaluated in light of evidence introduced by the state and the unions.

The column appears at Civil Beat today (“Hawaii Monitor: Records Disclose Details Of Negotiating Positions“). Check it out!