For two of the state’s largest public employee unions —  Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) and United Public Workers (UPW) — Kirk Caldwell is their man for mayor. Together, the two unions count more than 6,000 city workers as members. Inside Honolulu has more on the story.

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