Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 768, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to reinstate binding arbitration for employees of collective bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13) in the event of an impasse between the employer and exclusive representative of the collective bargaining unit.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by reverting back to the Senate Draft 1 which included provisions prohibiting "essential" employees from participating in strikes.

Your Committee on Conference amended the measure by removing the essential employee provisions.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 768, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 768, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.