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Amazon workers to strike

By GREG BENSINGER Reuters Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday morning, in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table to negotiate contracts. The strike is a challenge to Amazon’s operations as it races to fulfill orders during its busiest season of the year, although union-represented facilities represent only about 1% of Amazon’s hourly workforce. In the New York City area, for…Read more

Council urges changes to midwives law

By MICHAEL BRESTOVANSKY Hawaii Tribune-Herald Big Island midwives and the Hawaii County Council are urging the state to remove a requirement that midwives must have a license in order to practice. A 2019 Hawaii law, which stated that the regulation of midwifery was necessary in order to protect the health of newborns and parents, imposed licensure requirements on midwives, including the need to complete a formal education andtraining program. While the law allowed for some exemptions…Read more

Trio who escaped from Hale Nani still at large

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald Three inmates who reportedly escaped Friday in a stolen car from Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s Hale Nani Facility remained at large as of late Wednesday afternoon. “There is some intel that we are working on,” Hawaii Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz said. Moszkowicz didn’t specify the nature of the intel. He noted that no one witnessed 31-yearold Clyde Loa, 41-year-old Kawai Pomroy and 35-yearold Joseph Fernandez escape the minimum-security…Read more

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