Welcome to the Industrial Relations Center (IRC) website. For our regular patrons, we hope this website will provide quick and easy access to the latest news regarding our programs and services. For those not yet familiar with the IRC, we invite you to explore the website and contact us for more information at (808) 956-8132 or uhirc@hawaii.edu.

Aloha,

Joyce Najita, Director

• Genetic Discrimination Law Takes Effect
• Union Right to Expel Members Upheld by Supreme Court
• Layoffs During Recessions Cause Greater Losses for Workers in New Jobs
• NLRB Reports Steady Intake of Cases
• ERISA Anti-Cutback Rule Not Violated in Calculating Retirement Benefits, Court Rules
• Federal Labor Council Established
• Networking Tools Bring Advantages and Challenges
• Furlough Lawsuits Result in Split Decisions by California Courts
• Hawaiian Airlines Pilots Ratify Agreement
• Wives Earn More Than Husbands in 22 Percent of Couples
• Union Membership Holds Steady at 12.3 Percent
• Charter School Not State Actor, Ninth Circuit Rules
• Recovery Act Creates 600,000 Jobs
• Furloughs, Pay Freeze, Layoffs Top Cost Programs in State and Local Government
• Hawaii and New York Claim Largest Percent of Unionized Workers
• Work Stoppages Numbers Down in 2009
• Union DOL Reporting Rules May Change
• BLS Data to Show Trends in Workers' Pay, Women Employment
• AFL-CIO and NEA Partnership Agreement Extended Six Months
• Auto Industry Sees Slow Job Gains as Economy Rebounds
• Hawaii Nurses Affiliate with OPEIU
• Health Care Excise Tax to More Heavily Affect Nonunion Workers
• Public Opinion of Unions Falls in Last Three Years
• UAW Secretary-Treasurer Bunn Expected to Head Organizing at AFL-CIO
• Millennial Generation Hard Hit by Recession but Remain Optimistic
• AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lucy to Retire
• Front Pay Awards in FMLA Cases to be Decided by Judge, Not Jury, Court Rules
• NUMMI Shutdown to cost $2.3 Billion Job-Loss
• AFL-CIO Membership at 8.5 Million in 2009
• Working Poor Up to 8.9 Million, 6.0 Percent of Labor Force
• Public Sector Unions More Influential Than Private Sector Unions, Report Finds
• Personal Income Drops in 2009
• NLRB, EEOC Vacancies Filled by Obama Appointments
• Health Benefits of Hawaii State and County Employees Protected, Court Rules
• Workplace Flexibility Issues Discussed by White House Forum
• Hawaiian Airlines/IAM Reach Tentative Agreement
• Injunction Granted Against Hawaii Hotel Accused of Unfair Labor Practices
• Working Mothers Granted Time at Work for Expressing Milk
• Education Job Losses Increase as Funding Crisis Continues
• Health Care Law Benefits Small Business, Report Finds
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits Extended
• SEIU President Stern Announces Retirement
• Family Responsibilities Discrimination Suits Increase
• Retiree Health Benefits Reduced by State, Upheld by Court
• Hawaiian Airlines Mechanics Ratify New Contract

• Theft and Lying About It
• 3-Day Suspension for Criticizing Foreman's Decision Reduced
• Weingarten Rights Denied Municipal Employee
• Discharge Trumped Despite Safety Infraction

• Decision Nos. 472-475

The IRC was created by the University of Hawaii Board of Regents in 1948 to serve the public in promoting the understanding of labor-management problems, techniques, and policies; and providing information in the field of industrial relations. Guided by this policy, the IRC activities include programs involving research, training, publications, and library reference service to students, faculty, and the community.

The IRC is situated at 2550 McCarthy Mall on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It occupies Hamilton Library Addition, Room A254A.

The Industrial Relations Center webpage was last updated on 02/07/12.