Aloha ! Great News we have a Bill that will be presented to our Hawaii State Legislature very soon ( the numbers have changed !!! HB 2627 ) is our House Bill we are asking everyone to support !
Please read on for more information on how you can send testimonies or sign our Petition !! Mahalo to everyone for your support !!
HB2627
We humbly request that you would consider endorsing a bill HB2627 which will come before the State Legislature in early 2012. If passed, this bill forms a new bargaining unit for Hawaii’s lifeguards. Its primary benefit is to give autonomy to the lifeguard organization similar to police and fire. Since 1970, we have been part of HGEA’s BU3 with a membership of 23,000. Almost all are clerical workers. There are 300 lifeguards represented. As you might imagine, our voice is very quiet in such a large group and our concerns and objectives are different from those of the other 22,700 members. This bill can add a tremendous dynamic to lifeguard operations, a tighter force to protect locals and visitors on Hawaii’s shorelines. While the bill has seen considerable legislative progress recently through endorsement from government agencies, endorsement from the citizens of Hawaii is needed for successful passage.
Should you decide to support this bill through written testimony, thank you. Ideally on hearing day, the state legislators will be presented with a large bundle of supporting testimonies. As the hearing date has not yet been assigned, we ask that they be sent to the address of our association secretary. Email testimonies are good. PDF formatted and regular mailed testimonies are best. A sentence, a paragraph, a page are all welcome.
Mahalo, the North Shore Lifeguards
Please forward your testimonies to:
Jeff Morelock, North Shore Lifeguard Association Secretary
55-145 Naupaka St., Laie, HI 96762 or [email protected]
Should you decide to support this bill through written testimony, thank you. Ideally on hearing day, the state legislators will be presented with a large bundle of supporting testimonies. As the hearing date has not yet been assigned, we ask that they be sent to the address of our association secretary. Email testimonies are good. PDF formatted and regular mailed testimonies are best. A sentence, a paragraph, a page are all welcome.
Mahalo, the North Shore Lifeguards
Please forward your testimonies to:
Jeff Morelock, North Shore Lifeguard Association Secretary
55-145 Naupaka St., Laie, HI 96762 or [email protected]
Also support our Lifeguards by Signing our petition at Go Petition click on text
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-hawaii-lifeguards.html
Photo of Waimea Bay, By Leilani Tres