EVENTS COMING SOON | PERKS & DISCOUNTS | GIVE A MEMBER A SHAKA | Aug. 15, 2024

HGEA will be closed on Friday, Aug. 16 in observance of Statehood Day.

Welcome back to The Negotiation Table!

HGEA recently scored a major legislative victory with the passage of our repricing bill, which gives the union a new powerful tool to target specific job classes that suffer from

sub-par pay and push for more competitive salaries. Gov. Josh Green had threatened a veto, but at the eleventh hour, he ended up signing the bill, which means our repricing bill

is now law.

Learn more about what this law means for HGEA members.

Deeply connected through their love for their community and the ocean, Unit 15 Water Safety Officers Bradley Young, Pono Kodani and Ian McVeigh have dedicated their lives to serving others. All born and raised on Hawaii island, they grew up going to the beaches that they now patrol.

Mahalo to all our lifeguards for all that they do to ensure water safety and save lives!

A Maui wildfire tribute video featuring board member Helena Brown from Unit 3 was played at the 46th International AFSCME Convention. Hear Helena, educational assistant at the new Kulanihakoi High School in Kihei, recount what it was like on the day her campus welcomed about 500 displaced Lahaina students and staff to the campus and witnessed their reunion.

Mahalo, members, for exercising your power at the ballot box. Your votes ensured pro-labor candidates up and down the ballot moved forward into the general election on Nov. 5.

Mayor Rick Blangiardi handily won re-election as mayor of Honolulu City & County. Meanwhile on the Big Island, Dr. Kimo Alameda will face off against Mayor Mitch Roth in November.

Also on the Big Island, Sue Lee Loy, a long-time councilwoman, won the House District 2 seat outright by a large margin.

Unit 13 Member Ikaika Olds also won the House District 23 seat outright.

A long-time legislator and friend of labor, Scott Nishimoto, won the Honolulu City Council District V seat by a wide margin.

Here’s a roundup of other HGEA-endorsed candidates who won their primary race.

Project 2025 is Donald Trump’s playbook to undermine the working class if he wins a second term.

Despite his denials, this plan belongs to Trump. It’s written by his closest advisors — a review by ProPublica found 29 of the 36 staffers behind Project 2025 have worked with him over the years.

Project 2025 is a 900-page radical plan that will transform the entire government and take away power from working people. It would destroy our economy, gut health care and retirement benefits, turn the clock back on civil rights, end merit staffing and eliminate our voice on the job.

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