Hawaii Public Employment Relations Board v. United Public Workers, Local 646

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HAYASHI, J.

These appeals are taken from the Fifth Circuit Court’s grant of a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction and from its judgment fining defendant-appellant, the United Public Workers Union (UPW), $30,000 for contempt. The dispute which spawned the present litigation began on October 22, 1979, when all the Unit 1 public employees, represented by the UPW, went on strike, despite a prior decision by plaintiff-appellee, Hawaii Public Employees Relations Board (HPERB), requiring that certain positions designated as essential remain filled. This…