The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the Hawaii Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts on Feb. 10, 2021. ______________ To: Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts Sen. Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair Sen. Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair From: Grassroot
Act 007 appears to be in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ‘Janus’ decision HONOLULU, Sept. 27, 2018 >> A new Hawaii law governing union membership dues may be unconstitutional, according to attorneys Tony Gill and Jacob Huebert, who were featured guests this week (Sept. 24-25) at two forums on the
Government employee unions around the country are grappling with the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME (the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), and Hawaii is no exception. The Court ruled in June that forcing non-union members to pay agency fees is a
In a month that has seen several controversial Supreme Court decisions, the Justices may have saved the biggest one for last. On Wednesday, the Court handed down its decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which challenged the constitutionality of requiring government employees to pay dues to a public employees union. Mark
If government union members in Hawaii had the freedom to stop paying their union dues, this could pressure the unions to offer better member services.
Government employee unions are such a fact of life in Hawaii that it’s difficult to imagine our state without them. They hold immense political power and have shaped our laws (and liabilities) in numerous ways. The question now is whether a case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will
Doubling the tax on million dollar homes may make affordable homes harder to find.
Hawaii’s police officers and firefighters have some of the most respected positions in the state … from an economic perspective, at least. In fact, new research from the Grassroot Institute suggests that Hawaii has a deep appreciation for public sector workers in general. County workers throughout the state make higher
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The waiting list for water on Maui is 1,900 applicants long, largely because of bureaucracy.
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the Hawaii Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts on Feb. 10, 2021. ______________ To: Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts Sen. Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair Sen. Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair From: Grassroot
Act 007 appears to be in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ‘Janus’ decision HONOLULU, Sept. 27, 2018 >> A new Hawaii law governing union membership dues may be unconstitutional, according to attorneys Tony Gill and Jacob Huebert, who were featured guests this week (Sept. 24-25) at two forums on the
Government employee unions around the country are grappling with the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME (the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), and Hawaii is no exception. The Court ruled in June that forcing non-union members to pay agency fees is a
In a month that has seen several controversial Supreme Court decisions, the Justices may have saved the biggest one for last. On Wednesday, the Court handed down its decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which challenged the constitutionality of requiring government employees to pay dues to a public employees union. Mark
If government union members in Hawaii had the freedom to stop paying their union dues, this could pressure the unions to offer better member services.
Government employee unions are such a fact of life in Hawaii that it’s difficult to imagine our state without them. They hold immense political power and have shaped our laws (and liabilities) in numerous ways. The question now is whether a case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will
Doubling the tax on million dollar homes may make affordable homes harder to find.
Hawaii’s police officers and firefighters have some of the most respected positions in the state … from an economic perspective, at least. In fact, new research from the Grassroot Institute suggests that Hawaii has a deep appreciation for public sector workers in general. County workers throughout the state make higher
Register for Maui or Oahu!
The waiting list for water on Maui is 1,900 applicants long, largely because of bureaucracy.
