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The HGEA's 29000 members will be given a summary of the union's position sometime today, HGEA spokeswoman Jodi Chai said. Chai reiterated that the union Nora Nomura, the HGEA's deputy executive director, said in a letter to the administration that the lack of consultation has led to "unequal and inconsistent Perreira, speaking for the HGEA, said his members would not accept the governor's offer of three furlough days a month for two years ??� a 13.8 percent pay "Because of the frustration and just not knowing what's gonna happen," says Ernie Wakukawa, HGEA Union Steward. Even for those who didn't get a notice... The state and the HGEA asked for an extension until Monday on final offers. A Lingle spokesman had said on Tuesday that the administration submitted its Linda Lingle Monday after the governor sent layoff consultation letters to HGEA and UPW ??� two public worker unions seeking a new collective bargaining The Hawai'i Government Employees Association is the state's largest public employee union and said it's premature to talk about pay cuts for HGEA staffers Locally, HGEA and UPW leaders only know of Kauaians who have been notified by supervisors of their possible job losses if those affected workers called the HGEA initially did not want to meet, unless all four unions were represented. But now, the union is headed back to the bargaining table. Earlier this week HGEA Executive Director Randy Perreira said unions were willing to absorb pay cuts equal to that of top administration officials.