Sources familiar with the talks, speaking on condition of anonymity because the negotiations are confidential, said the administration's offer involves a 7 percent pay cut and about 18 furlough days a year for two years. The administration's proposal is in response to a union offer last week of a 5 percent pay cut. The combination pay cut and 1 1/2 furlough days a month would save the state roughly the same amount of money as Gov. Linda Lingle's initial goal of three furlough days a month.
--Honolulu Advertiser
Governor Linda Lingle made an offer yesterday to the three major labor unions (HGEA, UHPA, HSTA) that would comprise of both furloughs and paycuts, as she still stands behind her belief against layoffs. The plan is estimated to save the state the same amount of money that the governor's original three furlough days per month would have saved. To me, it's a "no-brainer", as one of my dear friends use to say. It's either that or a mass layoff of over 1,000 workers.
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