Labor

A strike can take place after Wednesday, when the workers' contracts end. The union members are demanding improved staffing and better wages.

It’s been about six months since Gov. Josh Green put out an executive order to speed up the hiring of former federal workers hit by budget cuts for state jobs. The program received about 6,000 applications and hired about 140 people.

Gov. Josh Green signed a measure into law to financially protect child performers. He signed the measure alongside Maia Kealoha, who portrays Lilo in the live-action adaptation of "Lilo & Stitch."

The Honolulu City Council has been looking to reallocate money in the city’s budget to fund other projects, namely required sewer infrastructure upgrades on Oʻahu, and about $12.4 million could come from funds otherwise meant to hire for Honolulu Police Department jobs that are chronically vacant.

A company that provides services to the airlines at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu is ending its operations there. That means dozens of workers will lose their jobs. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

The first of May is celebrated as International Workers' Day. On Thursday, hundreds of union members planned to gather for a silent march from the state Capitol to the federal building.

State lawmakers have passed a bill aiming to streamline the unemployment filing process, but some worry it goes too far.

As the Trump administration attempts to reshape the federal workforce, the head of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, Randy Perreira, gives insight into the direct impacts on labor unions.

HPR continues to look at how federal funding cuts have affected people in Hawaiʻi. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote talked to three federal workers who were fired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Kauaʻi amid Trump's efforts to downsize the government.

State lawmakers want to develop a framework for a paid family leave program. The House Labor Committee advanced a resolution to create a working group to produce a report on paid family leave that could include proposed legislation.