Terri Inefuku2022-01-13T15:25:25-10:00January 13, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, collective bargaining agreement, contract, gender-neutral, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA, pronouns|
The 2021–23 Hawaii State Teachers Association Collective Bargaining Agreement, or contract, has been updated with gender-neutral language. Previous contracts utilized masculine pronouns in reference to gender types.
Jill Meinecke2021-11-12T16:54:58-10:00November 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: contract, gender identity, gender-neutral language, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA, job satisfaction, Keith, Pilot Transfers Program Workshop, probationary teachers, tenured teachers, vacan|
Two items that the Hawaii State Teachers Association pushed for in its current contract to improve the teacher transfer process and take gender-specific language out of HSTA’s contract will be heard by the Hawaii Board of Education at its monthly meeting Thursday.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-12T17:28:39-10:00August 6, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: CBA, collective bargaining agreement, contract, coronavirus, COVID-19, safety|
Safety is at the top of everyone’s minds as coronavirus cases in Hawaii hit record levels and infections by minors make up an alarming proportion of those new cases. Despite these facts, the Hawaii State Department of Education assures the public that there is nothing to be worried about while they have no metrics to determine when it is no longer safe to continue with full classes.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-07-24T12:54:53-10:00July 24, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: 1971, 50, 50th, anniversary, contract, executive director, HSTA, negotiate, Negotiations, rights, union, Wilbert Holck|
In a speech to volunteer teacher union leaders from across the state, Hawaii State Teachers Association Executive Director Wilbert Holck Wednesday gave them an important history lesson to recognize HSTA’s 50th anniversary.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-18T18:43:43-10:00June 9, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, collective bargaining agreement, contract, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Negotiations, State of Hawaii, tentative settlement|
Bargaining Unit 05 (BU05) employees of the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) and public charter schools have voted to ratify a new two-year contract.
Terri Inefuku2021-06-09T17:43:43-10:00June 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU05, contract, ratification, successor agreement, vote|
Bargaining Unit 05 (BU05) employees of the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) and public charter schools have voted to ratify a new two-year contract. The Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) is the exclusive BU05 representative.
Terri Inefuku2021-06-07T17:18:45-10:00June 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Board of Education, catherine payne, contract, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, job-embedded professional development, office of talent management, professional development, sean bacon, settlement|
At Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, Sean Bacon, interim assistant superintendent, Office of Talent Management, and BOE Chair Catherine Payne, expressed their support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours).
Terri Inefuku2021-05-23T20:39:49-10:00May 23, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, contract, employer, HSTA, HSTA Board of Directors, Negotiations, negotiations committee, Negotiations Team, ratification, settlement, vote|
We have reached a tentative agreement with the employer, and your bargaining team, the HSTA Negotiations Committee, and the HSTA Board of Directors overwhelmingly recommend your support in a vote of YES to ratify the agreement.
Terri Inefuku2021-05-19T10:33:26-10:00May 7, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU05, collective bargaining agreement, contract, part-time teacher, PTT, registrars, summer programs, summer school|
No Bargaining Unit 05 employee should be given work related to summer programming as part of their position as a 10-month or 12-month employee under the HSTA collective bargaining agreement.
Terri Inefuku2021-04-20T14:58:44-10:00April 20, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, collective bargaining agreement, contract, COVID-19, employer, ESSER, federal funds, Governor David Ige, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, impact bargaining, mediator, Negotiations, negotiations committee, Negotiations Team, state|
