DOE goes to court to appeal recent labor board compression repricing ruling

2024-12-13T09:41:32-10:00December 13, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) has appealed a recent decision by the Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board (HLRB) in favor of three teachers who brought a case related to the Fall 2022 repricing of Bargaining Unit 05 (BU 05) employees carried out by the department. 

3 teachers with prior non-HIDOE teaching experience win salary adjustments

2024-11-07T14:44:19-10:00November 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board (HLRB) last week ruled in favor of three teachers who brought a case related to the Fall 2022 repricing of Bargaining Unit 05 (BU 05) employees carried out by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE).

HSTA president draws inspiration from late leader at 2024 state convention

2024-05-17T10:09:55-10:00May 14, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. honored the union’s foundations while advocating for a unified future at HSTA’s 51st annual state convention on April 13.

Tireless teacher advocate, tough negotiator Joan Husted dies at 85

2023-10-04T14:06:24-10:00October 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers, died Monday. She was 85 years old and passed away peacefully at her Makiki home under hospice care, her family said. 

Teacher pay bills advance in key House committee

2022-03-18T08:50:09-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Measures that would pay teachers based on their years of service, bring permanent funding for shortage differentials, and restore funding for job-embedded educator professional development passed the state House Education Committee with no objections or reservations Thursday, following their approval by the full Senate earlier this month.

HSTA joins other unions in demanding bargaining on key vaccination questions

2021-08-12T11:42:35-10:00August 5, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“The public-sector unions reached out to the governor’s office earlier this week to initiate discussions about the vaccine mandate, but our request was denied. We will continue to fight for open discussions about these important decisions that affect public employees, our government operations, and our community.”

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