In Re the Arbitration Between United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646 & City & County of Honolulu, Environmental Services

Opinion of the Court by

WATANABE, Presiding J.

The question we must address in this appeal is whether, under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 658A-25(c) (Supp.2007), which is part of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA) adopted by the Hawaii Legislature in 2001 and codified in HRS chapter 658A, Union-Appellant United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO (UPW or Union), representative of real party in interest Dennis Motonaga (Motonaga), was entitled to an award of attorney’s fees incurred during a proceeding filed against Mo-tonaga’s employer, Employer-Appellee City and County of…