STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1959

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 61

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 61, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD TO ESTABLISH OBJECTIVE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR SPLITTING OFF A GROUP OF STATE WORKERS INTO A NEW BARGAINING UNIT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to establish objective standards and criteria for splitting off a group of state workers into a new bargaining unit to assist the Legislature in determining the appropriateness of requests that come before it.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO and one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Labor Relations Board and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that since the Legislature established thirteen statutorily defined collective bargaining units in 1970, only two additional collective bargaining units have been created.  This measure seeks to establish objective standards and criteria that protect the rights and working conditions of public workers in the State so that the Legislature can appropriately evaluate measures that request the creation of additional bargaining units.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 61, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Technology,

 

 

 

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair