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Posted: Monday, August 20th, 2012 9:03 AM HST
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Governor asks Hawai`i teachers to consider mediation
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HONOLULU (AP) — Board members of the union representing Hawaii's public school teachers will consider whether to take the governor up on his proposal to have a federal mediator help resolve a contract dispute.Hawai`i State Teachers Association President Wil Okabe says the board will meet today to decide how to proceed with Governor Neil Abecrombie's proposal. In a letter to Okabe last
week, Abercrombie proposed using a federal mediator to help achieve a collective bargaining agreement.Teachers are currently working under a last, best and final offer after their contract expired in June last year. In May, they voted to ratify a contract that they previously rejected. But Abercrombie says it's no longer valid and needs to be updated. The union had previously
proposed binding arbitration to make a decision.
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