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C RUSSELL K. OKA7A <br /> Vorktng TogetherJor Xawatt exeeunve maecroa <br /> P. O. Box 2930 • Hoool ulu, Hawaii 96802.2930• Tel (808) 543~OOll • Faz (808) 528-0922 <br /> December 16, 1997~~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ , <br /> To the Chairperson and Members <br /> of the Hawaii County Council <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Lady and Gentlemen: <br /> The Hawaii Government Employees Association strongly supports Resolution No. 185-97 <br /> which funds cost items for Bargaining Unit 03, white collar workers, and Bargaining Unit 04, <br /> white collar supervisors, including the affected excluded employees, for the contract period <br /> July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1999. <br /> On behalf of our 39,829 members which include 5,290 members on the island of Hawaii and <br /> their families, we encourage your approval for the following reasons: <br /> 1. The Hawaii County Council, the State of Hawaii Legislature, and the three other county <br /> councils previously approved the Bargaining Unit 11 cost items for the employees <br /> represented by the Hawaii Fire Fighters Association for the contract period July 1, 1997 <br /> through June 30, 1999. The public employers and the firefighters voluntarily settled this <br /> two-year collective bargaining contract which provides the employees a 5.06% pay <br /> increase. <br /> 2. The Hawaii County Council has already approved the current fiscal year's budget which <br /> includes funding of pay raises for all of its employees based on the firefighters pay <br /> increase of 5.06%. <br /> 3. The public employers and HGEA/AFSCME, after months of negotiations, mutually <br /> settled the contracts for employees in Bargaining Units 03 and 04 for the contract period <br /> effective July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1999. Both agreements were ratified by <br /> overwhelming margins by the employees at their respective ratification meetings. <br /> The clerical and technical employees in Bargaining Units 03 and 04 are the backbone of <br /> government services. In addition to the clerical and technical employees, the bargaining <br /> units include: <br /> • Deputy sheriffs, conservation officers and lifeguards who risk life and limb in <br /> performing their jobs. 5g 2 ~ 23~ <br /> Cotacn. Diw <br /> ]!14 lea. P O s <br /> <br /> ~..~a >Ret. Yot Presented' COJ nJU t_. <br /> tit, nay DEC 1 7 L997 <br /> <br />