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HI HB2103
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/20/2010
Primary Sponsor
Karl Rhoads
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AI Summary
- Authorizes non-supervisory legislative employees to organize and unionize through a streamlined certification process when a majority of employees sign union authorization cards
- Establishes an expedited process for negotiating initial collective bargaining agreements for non-supervisory legislative employees
- Creates a separate collective bargaining unit for non-supervisory legislative employees rather than organizing by existing job classification or profession
- Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152 supported the bill with amendments, while the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations opposed it
- Committee recommended passage to Second Reading and referral to the Committee on Legislative Management, noting concerns about the streamlined certification process and practical considerations of a single bargaining unit
Legislative Description
Legislative Employees; Unionization
Last Action
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on LMG with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Marumoto, Thielen, Ward voting no (5) and Representative(s) Belatti, Herkes excused (2).
1/29/2010
Committee Referrals
Legislative Management1/28/2010
Labor & Public Employment1/20/2010
Full Bill Text
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