HSTA president addresses national meeting to boost relief for schools, states during pandemic

2020-05-15T11:41:00-10:00May 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

HSTA President Corey Rosenlee told a National Education Association tele-town hall audience Thursday about the HSTA’s successful efforts to fight a proposal that would have cut the pay of teachers and other state workers in the islands.

Ige’s message to state workers: ‘No immediate need to consider pay cuts’

2020-05-13T14:25:00-10:00May 13, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“There is no immediate need to consider pay cuts or furloughs. This is the last thing that anyone wants to do, and I’m hopeful that we will find ways to narrow the budget gap," Gov. David Ige said Tuesday.

$1 trillion for states, cities in new $3 trillion congressional aid package

2020-05-13T11:29:00-10:00May 13, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Hawaii State Teachers Association President Corey Rosenelee said the plan will “ensure the U.S. supports the neediest in our society and will fund a trillion dollars to support state and local governments. If approved, this bill could give Hawaii enough funding to ensure we can avoid pay cuts for state employees, including teachers.”

HSTA updates members, answers questions in live stream event on April 30

2020-05-02T11:11:00-10:00May 2, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

HSTA President Corey Rosenlee and HSTA Deputy Executive Director Andrea Eshelman provided the latest on everything from teacher evaluation modifications and end-of-year checkout procedures to possible COVID-19 economic impacts in the form of those ill-advised potential pay cuts.

Hawaii business leaders caution against cutting government employees’ pay

2020-04-30T16:40:00-10:00April 30, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Successful Hawaii developer and well-known business leader Stanford Carr spoke out Wednesday against state worker pay cuts floated earlier this month by the administration of Gov. David Ige.

HSTA, AFSCME, HGEA offer governor 15+ alternatives to public worker pay cuts

2020-04-24T04:07:00-10:00April 24, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Union leaders offer more than 15 budgetary options to avoid docking state employees' pay because of plummeting state revenues caused by the coronavirus.

Economic experts say cutting employees’ pay would make Hawaii’s economy worse

2020-04-23T03:40:00-10:00April 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

University of Hawaii economic experts say a 20-percent pay cut for state employees, including public school teachers, floated by Gov. David Ige’s administration would worsen Hawaii’s economic slump for several years.

Pay cuts less likely as Congress poised to give states more federal aid

2020-04-22T05:33:00-10:00April 22, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Pay cuts for Hawaii state employees seem less likely after a new $470 billion coronavirus relief plan appeared ready for Congressional approval, while the president said further aid to state and localities would be discussed as part of the next aid package.

Governor says state pay cuts ‘the last resort’ in dealing with coronavirus’ financial effects

2020-04-21T12:38:00-10:00April 21, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Gov. David Ige told a news conference Monday, “I just really want to assure everyone that salary reductions would be the last resort” in dealing with plummeting tax revenues because of the coronavirus.

HSTA, legislative leaders oppose governor’s plan to cut salaries for public workers

2020-11-05T15:34:05-10:00April 16, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Legislative leaders joined HSTA educators in opposing Gov. David Ige's initial pay cut idea, and he said Wednesday “no decisions have been made yet.“

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