Teachers, HSTA UniServ stop contract violation at Waialua High and Intermediate School

2022-03-22T12:17:16-10:00March 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Teachers, with the support of HSTA, stopped a contract violation at Waialua High and Intermediate School when the principal mandated grades be submitted early without a contract exception in place.

HSTA contract updated with gender-neutral language

2022-01-13T15:25:25-10:00January 13, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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.

At HSTA’s request, teacher transfer process improvements being considered

2021-11-12T16:54:58-10:00November 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Resources to ensure ‘The Safety Our Students Deserve’

2021-08-12T17:28:39-10:00August 6, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , |

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.

Holck to school-level leaders: Your work is important to HSTA’s success

2021-07-24T12:54:53-10:00July 24, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Tentative settlement documents for Hawaii State Teachers Association, State of Hawaii, Board of Education

2021-08-18T18:43:43-10:00June 9, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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.

Bargaining Unit 05 members ratify two-year contract

2021-06-09T17:43:43-10:00June 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

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.

HIDOE, BOE express support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours)

2021-06-07T17:18:45-10:00June 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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).

HSTA reaches tentative contract agreement with the employer

2021-05-23T20:39:49-10:00May 23, 2021|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

BU05 members should not be assigned work related to summer school, programs

2021-05-19T10:33:26-10:00May 7, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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.

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