January 20, 2022
A Hawaii federal judge has trimmed two former American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees local officials' claims against the union over their misconduct trial, saying they didn't show a union judicial panel put the burden of proof on them or that their convictions lacked evidence.
November 08, 2021
Two former officials for the Hawaii affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees failed to show that the union did not inform them of charges that they mishandled union finances during an internal trial, a Hawaii federal judge ruled, saying the officials knew about the claims against them.
September 23, 2021
The Hawaii affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees asked a federal judge to trim a suit by two former union officials claiming it engaged in a campaign to wrongly find them guilty of misusing union funds, saying their claims lack merit.
August 27, 2021
The Hawaii affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees engaged in a campaign to destroy two former officials' careers by finding them guilty of mishandling finances based on conduct it never alleged in charging documents, the pair told a federal judge.