Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2701 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a person from hiring nonresidents to replace workers involved in a strike.

Unity House, ILWU Local 142, United Public Workers AFSCME Local 646 AFL-CIO, and Hawaii Nurses' Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development commented on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2701 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Employment.