HB2278 HD1

Report Title:

Collective bargaining

Description:

Requires ten working days advance notice of intent to strike to be given to an employer. (HB2278 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2278
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to collective bargaining.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 89-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) It shall be lawful for an employee, who is not prohibited from striking under subsection (a) and who is in the appropriate bargaining unit involved in an impasse, to participate in a strike under the following conditions:

(1) The requirements of section 89-11 relating to the resolution of disputes have been complied with in good faith;

(2) The proceedings for the prevention of any prohibited practices have been exhausted;

(3) The collective bargaining agreement and any extension of the agreement has expired; and

(4) The exclusive representative has given [a ten-day] ten working days notice of intent to strike to the board and to the employer."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2002.