HSTA, AFSCME, HGEA offer governor 15+ alternatives to public worker pay cuts
Union leaders offer more than 15 budgetary options to avoid docking state employees' pay because of plummeting state revenues caused by the coronavirus.
Economic experts say cutting employees’ pay would make Hawaii’s economy worse
University of Hawaii economic experts say a 20-percent pay cut for state employees, including public school teachers, floated by Gov. David Ige’s administration would worsen Hawaii’s economic slump for several years.