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Hawaii Prison Guards’ Union Fights Policy of Denying Promotions
Loaded on Feb. 5, 2019
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2019, page 52
Filed under:
Guard Unions.
Location:
Hawaii.
by Matt Clarke
In Hawaii, the United Public Workers union represents around 13,000 state and county employees, including approximately 1,200 prison guards. The union has been engaged in a seven-year battle against the Department of Public Safety’s policy of denying promotions to guards who were …
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