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Item type: Item , Seeds of Change: Women Cultivating Food Sovereignty in Hawaiʻi and Aotearoa(2025) Mironesco, MoniqueSeeds of Change: Women Cultivating Food Sovereignty in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa is organized thematically, weaving together research from both locations to explore and compare women’s roles and leadership in alternative food networks (AFNs). At the heart of this inquiry is how women’s leadership functions as a form of resistance to industrial agro-food systems within settler colonial contexts. The book asks: How do Indigenous and marginalized women shape these resistances? How do Indigenous ecological worldviews inform both ancestral and contemporary food and agricultural practices as forms of decolonial praxis? While AFNs are often framed as solutions to the failures of industrial food systems, they have also been critiqued for reinforcing elitism and exclusion. This study foregrounds how Indigenous women confront not only the violence of industrial agriculture but also inequities within AFNs themselves. Though situated in distinct political, social, and ecological contexts, the strategies of women in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa offer transferable insights and best practices for other island communities and beyond. The book is structured around three central themes: women’s leadership in AFNs; the amplification of Indigenous and marginalized voices; and a solution-oriented approach that shares lessons across Oceania. Based on interviews with 48 women—including farmers, union leaders, composters, market organizers, and educators—the research reflects a wide spectrum of food system actors embedded in nonprofit and grassroots networks. A core aim of the book is to generate an actionable toolkit and to ensure that the knowledge shared through these stories supports broader movements for food sovereignty and ecological justice.Item type: Item , Labor Law & Due Process: Weingarten Rights(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document on Weingarten rights, interpreted by Dr. Puette, published on the old CLEAR website. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , NLRB v. Weingarten Inc.(1975)This text is an archival document of "U.S. Supreme Court NLRB v. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975) interprted by Dr. Puette and published on the old CLEAR website. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws, Part 7: Privacy(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Privacy Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. The Privacy Act, The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 are covered. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws in Hawaiʻi, Part 6: Wrongful Termination(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Wrongful Termination Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. At-Will employment and wrongful termination are covered. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws in Hawaiʻi, Part 5: Employment Discrimination(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Employment Discrimination Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. Related Federal Civil Rights Laws are Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts, Equal Pay Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Sexual Harassment Regulations. For Hawai‘i's Employment Practices Act, it is broken down into Part I: Unlawful Employment Discrimination; Part II: Polygraphs/Lie Detectors, Part III: Garnishee protection, Part IV: Duty of Fair Represenation, Part V: Hawai‘i's Whistleblowers' Protection Act. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws in Hawai‘i, Part 4: Prevailing Wage Laws(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Prevailing Wage Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. The Davis-Bacon & Prevailing Wages Laws, the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, and the Service Contracts Act are covered. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws in Hawaiʻi, Part 3: Family and Medical Leave Act & Wage and Hour Laws(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Wage & Hour Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. Hawai‘i's Family Leave Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, The Fair Labor Standards Act, Minimum Wage Laws, The Hawai‘i Wage and Hour Law, Hawai‘i Payment of Wages Law, Hawai‘i Garnishment of Wages Law, Hawai‘i Child Labor Law, Hawai‘i Time Off for Voting Law, and Employment Rights after Military Leave are covered. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws in Hawaiʻi, Part 2: Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Disability Insurance, Prepaid Health Care Laws(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Wage Loss Replacement Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. Unemployment Insurance, Hawai‘i's Additional Unemployment Compensation Law, Dislocated Workers, WARN and Plant Closure laws, Hawai‘i Temporary Disability Insurance Law, and Hawai‘i Prepaid Health Care Act are covered. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.Item type: Item , Worker Protective Labor Laws in Hawaiʻi, Part 1: Safety & Health and Workers' Compensation(2023) Puette, WilliamThis text is an archival document of interpreted Health & Safety Laws originally published on the old CLEAR website. OSHA & Hawai‘i Occupational Safety and Health Law, Substance Abuse Testing, Hawai‘i’s Workers’ Compensation Act, Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA), and Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act are covered. These legal interpretations and links have not be updated so it is the responsibility of the researcher to fact check.