STAND. COM. REP. NO.  19-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 1651

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1651 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Hawaii State Teachers Association; IMUAlliance; University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; Americans for Democratic Action; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260, AFL-CIO; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; Young Progressives Demanding Action, Hawaii Chapter; Academic Labor United; Labor Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Collective Bargaining and the University of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1651, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1651, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair