HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.001 2006-2008 ~l~A HAWAII DIVISION
495 Manono Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4422 Telephone: 808.935.6841 Hawaii Government Employees Association
working Together for Hawaii www.hgea.ory Facsimile: 808.961.2437 AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO
May 14, 2007
Honorable Dominic Yagong
Hawaii County Council
Finance Committee Chair
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 209
Hilo, HI 96720
Dear Chairman Yagong:
Regarding:
Resolution 186-07 - "Committing to funding the cost items agreed upon
by the Employers and the Hawaii Government Employees Association
(HGEA) Units 02, 03, 04, 13 and Employees excluded from those Units
for the contract period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009"
I am writing on behalf of over 6000 HGEA members living in Hawaii County.
We request your support and the support of your fellow Finance Committee members in
the passage of the above-referenced Resolution.
The HGEA initiated the negotiation process for the 2007-2009 Agreements in the
Spring of 2006. We proceeded through negotiations, impasse and even arbitration
hearings on behalf of all of our bargaining units before reaching final negotiated
settlements for Units 02, 03, 04, and 13. Those settlements were all agreed to by the
Employer of each jurisdiction, including Mayor Kim. All of the settlements were ratified
by, in excess of, 90% of our voting members. We respectfully request that you pass
Resolution 186-07 to appropriate the funding for the Unit 02, 03, 04 and 13 agreements.
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Ralp C. Boyea
Ha aii Division C ~ ,HGEA
Cc: Councilman Donald Ikeda Councilman J Yoshimoto
Councilman Stacy Higa Councilwoman Emily I. Naeole
Councilman Robert Jacobson Councilwoman Brenda Ford
Councilman Angel Pilago Councilman Pete Hoffman
Mayor Hairy Kim
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