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<br /> r <br /> the negotiations process, and providing our membership status reports as negotiations progressed. <br /> HGEA has fulfilled its legal responsibilities in meeting with union members and members have <br /> ratified the mutual agreements. <br /> While the negotiations process may be in need of review and possibly change this is not the time <br /> and place. There has been continuous review of and changes to the public sector collective <br /> bargaining law over its twenty-seven (27) year history. The latest significant change came when <br /> final and binding arbitration was substituted for the right to strike in the ] 995 State Legislative <br /> Session for eight (8) collective bargaining units. <br /> There are appropriate times and places for discussion and change. One is during the State <br /> Legislative session. An inappropriate time is when a contract has been negotiated and ratified in <br /> accordance with law. <br /> Do not hold up our contracts because you believe a change in the negotiating process maybe <br /> needed. We do not believe that the legislators role in the negotiations process is a rubber stamp. <br /> Formulating and balancing our County and State budget is not a rubber stamp process. Honoring <br /> commitments, that is living up to and fulfilling negotiated agreements is not a rubber stamp. <br /> L~~ 6 <br /> GARY YOSrF~ <br /> Hawaii Division Chief <br /> 2 <br /> <br />