Its super PACs have spent big money in recent elections, but its anointed candidates often lose. The latest example: Colleen Hanabusa.

Gubernatorial candidate Colleen Hanabusa is the big winner in labor unions’ super PAC sweepstakes, election reports show.

Local 5 also says that the company has promised to install panic buttons in response to sexual harassment concerns.

The news outlet has been seeking the report that gave Sgt. Darren Cachola his job back.

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono was joined by Democratic leaders a day after the Supreme Court ruled against organized labor to try to shore up membership.

Compulsory union dues are a thing of the past due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. But some say a pro-union culture in the islands will prevail.

The high court rules that unions can’t force nonmembers to pay membership dues, saying it violates the First Amendment.

But a labor board panel has temporarily blocked Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard’s effort to release information explaining the decision.

Most employees in the Honolulu catering department are from islands in Micronesia and rely on flight benefits to go home.

Many expect the nation’s highest court to make public-sector union dues voluntary, reversing four decades of labor law.