Electrical workers vote to authorize strike

How much do you think going green is going to cost? Usually the workers contract is for 3 years. Operating cost is a factor in a the rate case, no doubt, but the cost is not coming from the workers raises or benies(it's so small). By 2030??? Heco must be 50percent renewable enegy from lingle herself. How much do you think that will cost a company running on straight fossle fuels? How much do you thing 500mw total of wind energy will cost? 400 plus wind turbines in lanai with a cable connecting across the ocean. Well you guessed it...you will be paying for these nice upgrades. Funny how crabs will pull what is closest to them, bypassing what the can't even phathom.

Sad how the unions have ruined Hawaii. In the middle of a depression, they want to go on strike. The state should remind these people they work for a public utility, not the US Mint!

Here we go again---Electricians strike --they settle--- the electric companies ask for raises to the PUC-- our bills rise. when will it stop!

It appears that their union leadership told them to vote yes so that they would have more leverage at the negotiating table. However, with the national economy's slow recovery and unemployment at 9.6% I doubt that HECO will budge. In fact, if the electrical workers go out, they'll be losing salaries and wages which they will never recover. Could this be construed as "bullying" by the union.