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The Hawaiʻi Workforce Development Council wanted to find out who’s working in the gig economy here, compared with the rest of the U.S. Wayne Liou, an economist in DBEDT’s Research and Economic Analysis Division, wrote that report.
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Attorney and lawmaker Dwight Takamine is remembered for his fight to transition jobs and people when sugar ended on the Hamakua coast in the 1980s and '90s. He was Hawaiʻi’s labor director coming out of the last economic recession.
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On this Aloha Friday Conversation, we're looking back at Labor Day and talking about just what it takes to make a living in Hawaiʻi. We'll start with the history behind workers' rights legislation in Hawaiʻi, and then ask if those protections are enough against the unique challenges of the 21st century.
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Hotel workers in Waikiku as well as on the mainland took to the streets in an effort to flex their political muscle.In San Francisco, police arrested 75…
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Whole Foods has stopped buying longline caught fish from auction following concerns over labor practices conducted by some fishing vessels. An Associated…
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Labor Day has been a national holiday in the United States for 120 years. While the September observance is only made in the United States, there’s some…
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A labor dispute at a Chinese factory that makes shoes for some leading American brands has stretched to nearly two weeks. A strike at the facility has…
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It’s been six years since Hawaii raised the state minimum wage. The current level of seven dollars and twenty five cents an hour matches the federal…