In re United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646

Opinion of the Court by

LEONARD, J.

Petitioner-Appellant United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO, Union (UPW) appeals from the Final Judgment (Judgment) entered on September 29, 2008, by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Circuit Court), and also challenges the Circuit Court’s Order Reversing Hawaii Labor Relations Board Decision No. 470, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Declaratory Order (Circuit Court Order).1

In this secondary appeal, UPW argues that the Circuit Court erred in reversing the declaratory ruling of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board (Board or HLRB) on the…