HSTA, HGEA, UHPA, UPW issue joint statement on furloughs

2020-12-10T10:55:00-10:00December 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA), the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA), the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA), and the United Public Workers (UPW) stand in strong opposition to Gov. David Ige’s plan to unilaterally implement furloughs starting in January 2021.

Honolulu mayor: ‘If I had my way, I’d close all schools for two weeks’

2020-08-27T11:38:00-10:00August 27, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Wednesday that he wanted to include public schools in the “Stay-at-Home, Work-at-Home” order that goes into effect on Oahu at midnight, but Gov. David Ige asked that public schools and University of Hawaii campuses remain open. 

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.

Lawmakers’ short-term plan will avoid state employee pay cuts

2020-05-09T05:52:00-10:00May 9, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The chairs of the state Senate Ways and Means and state House Finance committees say they believe they can balance the state budget that’s been hit hard by a lack of tourism during the coronavirus, without having to reduce public employees’ pay in the months ahead.

Ige says he’s considering ‘other options’ to pay cuts he calls a ‘last resort’

2020-05-02T09:57:00-10:00May 2, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For the first time since his administration floated the unwise idea of 20-percent pay cuts for state employees, including educators, Gov. David Ige appears to be considering a federal low-interest loan program suggested by the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) and other unions to avoid those reductions.

NEA president to Gov. Ige: ‘Hawaii’s students and their families deserve better’ than pay cuts

2020-04-25T04:52:00-10:00April 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, wrote Gov. David Ige Friday, telling him that while she understands the fiscal challenges that the coronavirus presents to Hawaii, “reducing the pay of teachers and other public employees will only compound this crisis.”

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.

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.

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