STAND. COM. REP. 356
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 509
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 509 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide substitute teachers of the Department of Education (DOE), including part-time employees working less than one-half of a full-time equivalent, with a means to share in the decision-making affecting their wages, employment benefits, and working conditions by:
(1) Creating a collective bargaining unit for these employees;
(2) Giving these employees the right to strike; and
(3) Prohibiting bargaining over wages as long as the wages of these employees are established by law.
The Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 368, AFL-CIO testified in support of this measure. The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly supported the intent of this bill. DOE and the Office of Collective Bargaining opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the provision that prohibits bargaining over wages as long as the wages of these employees are established by law; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to conform to standard drafting conventions.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 509, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 509, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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