The governor's proposals to close the state's budget shortfall expect more concessions from public workers Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who has been loyal to the labor movement for four decades, has said he does not want to demonize public workers as he attempts to close a projected two-year budget deficit of $700 million. But he has also said that public-sector union health care and retirement benefits are unsustainable and in some instances unjustified, that the many can no longer afford to pay for the benefits of the few — rhetoric that mirrors what conservative Republican governors are saying on the mainland....
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