Opinion ID: 2581618
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The City's Proposals for Employee Transfers

Text: As a result of the completed conversion, some of the refuse baseyards had more manual collectors on staff than necessary. As a result, the City proposed an island-wide master pool system in which excess manual collectors from overstaffed baseyards would be temporarily placed, on a weekly basis, at baseyards experiencing staff shortages. Negotiations over the City's proposal took place sporadically throughout 2000, but a final agreement was never reached. On August 16, 2001, the City gave UPW notice of its intent to unilaterally transfer thirteen manual collectors from the overstaffed Pearl City baseyard to the understaffed baseyard in Honolulu. [7] Pursuant to the CBA, the transfer proposal was comprised of the employees with the least seniority in the Pearl City baseyard. Although the City offered to consult with UPW over this proposal under HRS § 89-9(c) (Supp.2000), [8] UPW refused to meet, contending that the proposal required mandatory bargaining under HRS § 89-9(a) (Supp.2000). [9] On September 26, 2001, the City withdrew its master pool proposal in light of its intent to alleviate the deficiency in the Honolulu baseyard through unilateral transfers, rather than a negotiated master pool agreement.