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Honolulu bus drivers sign 5-year contract
HONOLULU – Bus drivers in Honolulu have agreed to a five-year labor contract with Oahu Transit Services Inc.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that drivers, clerical staff and maintenance workers in Teamsters Local 996 ratified the contract Tuesday with the company that operates TheBus.
Union secretary-treasurer Millie Downey says the member vote was overwhelming in favor of the contract.
The deal was reached June 30, the day the previous five-year deal expired.
The contract calls for a 16-month wage freeze and then a 6.4 percent pay increase during the five years of the contract.
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Accountant pleads guilty to false returns
HONOLULU – A Honolulu tax accountant is pleading guilty to assisting in the filing of a false income tax return to the Internal Revenue Service.
Merla Balubar on Tuesday also pleaded guilty to willfully filing a false joint IRS tax return form.
U.S. Attorney Florence Nakakuni says Balubar faces up to three years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 for each count when she’s sentenced in November.