Hawaii Public Employment Relations Board v. Hawaii State Teachers Ass'n

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

KOBAYASHI, J.

This is an appeal by the Hawaii State Teachers Association (hereinafter referred to as HSTA or appellants) from a judgment of the court below adjudging HSTA to be in civil contempt for the violation of said court’s preliminary injunc tive order issued on October 20,1972, 1 and the imposition of a fine for said contempt.

FACTS

1. On October 13, 1972, the Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as BOE) filed a charge with the Hawaii Public Employment Relations Board (hereinafter referred to as HPERB), alleging that HSTA had failed to bargain in good faith.

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