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   LAST UPDATE: December 26, 2008

CONTENTS

  *  Hawaiʻi Labor News Roundup  * 
25 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Wal-Mart to pay workers $640M (wage-and-hour violations)

24 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Maui workers accept drug testing (UPW)

24 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Wal-Mart settles wage lawsuit (scroll down)

24 Dec. 08
Advertiser
About third of Hawaii jobless without unemployment benefits

22 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Commentary: Working poor main concern for Solis
    by Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large of the American Prospect and columnist for The Washington Post

22 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Healthcare costs threaten economy

22 Dec. 08
Advertiser
After getting laid off, what steps should you take next?

21 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Obama forms task force on working families (Change to Win)

21 Dec. 08
Advertiser
UAW's power sapped by loan deal (UAW)

20 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Drug tests still divisive issue for state, teachers (HSTA)

20 Dec. 08
Advertiser
St. Francis nurses get new contract (scroll down)

20 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Hawaii jobless rate highest in 9 years

19 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Solis gets nod as labor chief, Kirk as trade rep

19 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Hawaii unemployment rate rises to 4.9%

18 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Times union woes continue (not posted online)

18 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Times no longer unionized, but beef with union festers (Hawai'i Teamsters)

18 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Honolulu 3rd priciest place in U.S. (Cost of LIving)

15 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Hawaii teachers' contract nearing expiration with no drug (HSTA)

15 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Nationally certified teachers jump 25% (HSTA)

15 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Brazil exec wants labor laws eased (scroll down)

14 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Editorial: Ah Quon McElrath was one of a kind (ILWU)

14 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Worker takeover sets stage

13 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
UH faculty to call contract at impasse (UHPA)

13 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Hawaii's workers lose a stalwart champion (ILWU)

13 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Hawaiian Sugar furloughs 88 percent of its work force (ILWU)

13 Dec. 08
Advertiser
700 Maui sugar workers on leave (ILWU)

13 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Hawaii union, social activist Ah Quon McElrath dies at 92 (ILWU)
She taught us to take risks, take care of others

12 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Suddenly, you're jobless ...

12 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Labor and progressive activist Ah Quon McElrath dies (ILWU)

12 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Mesa pilots ratify 2-year labor deal (ALPA)

12 Dec. 08
Advertiser
New unemployment claims surged to 573,000 last week

11 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Actors' Union plans strike vote in January (SAG)
   p. D3 -not posted online

11 Dec. 08
Advertiser
UPW sued by convicted ex-director (UPW)

11 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Mesa pilots ratify new 2-year labor agreement (ALPA)

10 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
State's paid half-days are a thing of the past

10 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Former staffer sues isle hotels (scroll down)

9 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Nurses' Association OKs contracts (scroll down)

9 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Nurses' benefits boosted at Kapi'olani, Kuakini (Hawai'i Nurses Assn.)

9 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Isle hotels sued over service charges (tipped employees)

8 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Worker benefits cut as firms fight to stay afloat

8 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Number of part-time workers surged to 7.32M in November

8 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Commentary: State healthcare law should be fine-tuned
    by Ronald D. Rodriguez, works in reservations at Starwood Hotels

6 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Police discipline draws protest from officers (SHOPO)

6 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Nurses OK new contract with Queen's (Hawai'i Nurses Assn.)

5 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Nurses Association names director (scroll down)

5 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
Aloha United Way sale scheduled (Labor Community Services)

5 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Jobless supply-to-demand rate low (scroll down)

4 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Advertiser announces 3rd round of staff reductions (Newspaper Guild)

3 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Advertiser announces staff reductions (Newspaper Guild)

3 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Pineapple, sugar declines cut into farm workforce

2 Dec. 08
Star-Bulletin
State unemployment pay extended (scroll down)

2 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Hotel labor dispute heats up (ILWU)

2 Dec. 08
Advertiser
Jobless can get extra 7 weeks of aid

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