Hawaii Teamsters & Allied Workers, Local 996 Ex Rel. Affected OTS Employees v. Department of Labor & Industrial Relations

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

In this secondary appeal, Claimant-Appellant Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers, Local 996 (Local 996) appeals from the April 21, 2005 final judgment of the circuit court of the first circuit 1 (the court) in favor of Ap-pellee-Appellee State of Hawai'i, Director of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and Employer-Appellee Oahu Transit Services, Inc. (OTS) and against Local 996. Local 996 also challenged the court’s April 21, 2005 order affirming Decision 030331Y of the Employment Security Appeals Referees’ Office dated April 8, 2004, disqualifying Local 996…