A war veteran's choice: Job or school
Some readers know my day job is with the Hawaii Newspaper Guild, which represents most of the employees of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald newspaper. As a general rule I like to keep this blog separate from the bitter labor-management relations ongoing at the newspaper. However I do provide a link to the Guild's Web site, Holomua.org, in the left column of this page for anyone who's interested in keeping up with the latest news on the labor front.
Recently I've been working on a case that so illustrates the current situation that union workers face at the newspaper that I wanted to call your attention to it. It's about a Hilo boy, a native Hawaiian and decorated U.S. Army veteran of the war in Afghanistan, who was forced to quit his part-time job at the newspaper. Why? Well, you might be surprised.
Take a look at the story here. You won't see it in the HTH.


Reader Comments (4)
The vet did the right thing.
...a supervisor in a newspaper business that can't even "guaranty" his spelling is correct ...
good night and good luck!
You Hunter, being a union rep should go after that rag with a vengeance. Don’t let that young man down he did his part now let’s do ours. If you need people to walk in front of that rag carrying signs count me in.
The Lack