STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1918-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2585

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2585, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 State Teachers Association, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260, AFL-CIO, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, Academic Labor United, Democratic Party of Hawaii Labor Caucus, LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and several individuals supported this measure. The Office of Collective Bargaining, University of Hawaii, and Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2585, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair