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Union members Percent represented by unions Percent change Represented by unions Total employed Right to Work; 1 Hawaii: 23.4 2.2%: 138,000: 25.6 2.2%: 147,000: ...
The union also found itself challenged by a change in the business climate in the 1970s, as non-union contractors invaded markets that had been solidly union for years with the support of the Business Roundtable, made up of the heads of General Motors, General Electric, Exxon, U.S. Steel, DuPont and others. The Roundtable also attempted to ...
Jan. 14—Coming up in Hawaii's construction industry as apprentices, drywaller Trisha Taketa and carpenter Vaneza Austria were usually the only women on their job sites where they received side ...
The union won wage and union protections similar to the Davis-Bacon Act during World War I. The Carpenters fought these same open shop battles a second time, after the end of World War I, when employers tried to impose their "American Plan" [clarification needed] in the centers of union strength, such as San Francisco and Chicago. While the ...
AB 2011 still mandates developers pay union-approved, or "prevailing," wages and provide some healthcare benefits to workers, whether they're union members or not.
Hawaii's new minimum wage—$14 an hour—is estimated to affect 21.8 % of the state's workforce and result in a $1, 380 boost in annual wages for the average full-time, year-round affected worker ...
These consisted of five changes: (1) setting the threshold for how much of the workforce must be paid a common wage for that wage to become the "prevailing wage" at 50% (previously 30%); (2) strictly limiting the importation of urban rates for projects in rural areas; (3) limiting the use of wages paid on other DBA-covered federal projects in ...
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