GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Debbie Millikan and her children, Keenan and Kalea, prepared for a sit-in yesterday as she and others from Save Our Schools Hawaii requested a meeting with Gov. Linda Lingle over her handling of Furlough Fridays. The governor was a no-show and the sit-in was on.
Imua.........................
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UPW Unit 1 Employees Ratify Contract
On March 12, 2010, the United Public Workers Unit 1 ratified a two-year contract with the State of Hawaii. Twelve-month DOE UPW Unit 1 employees will take nine (9) furlough days this school year and 24 days during school year 2010-2011. Furloughs for DOE UPW Unit 1 (included/excluded) employees will begin on Friday, March 19, 2010. (Refer to 12-month furlough calendar for DOE UPW Unit 1 employees. Furlough dates for DOE UPW Unit 1 employees at multi-track schools may differ.)
HGEA Employees Ratify Contract
On October 20, 2009, all bargaining units of the Hawaii Government Employees Association ratified their collective bargaining agreements with the State of Hawaii. During school years 2009-10 and 2010-11, 10-month HGEA employees will take 17 furlough days each year.
Twelve-month HGEA employees will take 18 furlough days this school year and 24 days next school year. Furloughs for HGEA (included/excluded) employees will begin on Friday, October 23, 2009.
HSTA ratifies contract with the State of Hawaii
On September 22, 2009, the Hawaii State Teachers Association announced public school teachers ratified the collective bargaining agreement with the State of Hawaii.
The two-year contract covers school years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Beginning October 23, approximately 13,000 non-charter school teachers (including 575 12-month teachers) at 256 schools will begin taking furlough days. The official non-charter school enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year is 170,830 students, including 153,398 in regular education and 17,432 in special education. The furlough days are not applicable to public charter schools."
http://doe.k12.hi.us/news/furlough/index.htm
The unions, BOE, HSTA, etc are MUCH more powerful than Lingle.
Unfortunately some local people seem blinded by the power of the unions and only cast blame on Lingle.
It is not solely her fault.
Me personally while Lingle has her low qualities and is nowhere near an ally of the Hawaiian people... she is the ONLY person who helped me adopt/hanai a Hawaiian/oiwi who was born with ice in his system.
Meanwhile the unions have sh*t on the local kids and agreed to and voted for the furloughs which speaks volumes.
Unfortunately the local B.S. media is putting sole blame on Lingle.
It's not solely HER fault. The unions are more powerful in Hawai'i than she can and/or will ever be.
A full investigation of the BOE, HSTA, etc should be demanded instead but the local B.S. media is biased against Republicans and goes out on a witch hunt when they should be pushing for Hawai'i's Government in the Sunshine Law in Chapter 92
http://hawaii.gov/oip/SunshinePrint.pdf
NO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS. No ABUSE OF POWER by the unions.
Instead of doing that and pushing for a full UNBIASED investigation they blame Lingle. It's not solely her fault. It is the unions.
KUE, o Pomai