STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR LINDA LINGLE ON HGEA

For Immediate Release: October 14, 2009

“The State is very pleased that we have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Hawai‘i Government Employees Association.  We believe this contract is in the best interest of the State and its employees and we hope the employees will ratify the contract”

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For more information, contact:
Lenny Klompus
Senior Advisor – Communications
Phone: (808) 586-7708

Russell Pang
Chief of Media Relations
Phone: (808) 586-0043