OITS educators win recognition fight for state office teachers

2025-05-13T17:01:03-10:00May 13, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

After a full arbitration hearing, the arbitrator sided with HSTA and upheld the grievance, filed by the Office of Information Technology Services (OITS), that asserted that the HIDOE must recognize the OITS Association Policy Committee (APC) under Article IV of the collective bargaining agreement.

HSTA wins $234K for hundreds of members impacted by paycheck delays

2025-03-13T09:34:27-10:00March 13, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has secured a $234,800 settlement from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to compensate nearly 500 teachers who experienced paycheck delays at the start of the school year.

HSTA files grievance, learns 500+ teachers affected by paycheck delay

2024-09-18T13:35:48-10:00September 13, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

“While we appreciate the additional opportunity for dialogue with HIDOE early next week, our members grow weary of their continued lack of transparency, absence of immediate cooperation, and failure to address the needs of its workforce,” said Osa Tui, Jr., HSTA president.

HSTA, teacher intervention instills hope of quiet classrooms in Windward Oahu

2022-05-27T15:07:54-10:00May 27, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Castle High School students may soon be able to attend class without lawnmowers disrupting their lessons after strong advocacy by the school’s teachers and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

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 helps Solomon Elementary teachers stop contract violation

2022-02-25T19:09:20-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When David Martin, a special education preschool teacher at Solomon Elementary on Schofield Barracks Army Base in Wahiawa, Oahu, heard his principal was violating the Hawaii State Teachers Association collective bargaining agreement, or contract, at the beginning of the school year, he knew he had to step in.

HSTA demands bargaining as omicron surge triggers school closures, teacher reassignments

2022-01-12T18:09:17-10:00January 12, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This week, the Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted a new demand for impact bargaining to interim Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi and Hawaii Board of Education Chair Catherine Payne over recent changes by the Hawaii State Department of Education to members’ working conditions without appropriate negotiation or a consult-and-confer process, which are violations of our contract, HIDOE policy, and state law.

HSTA, employer file arguments on HSTA’s prohibited practice complaint

2021-12-10T16:43:51-10:00December 10, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The state blatantly disregarded the Hawaii State Teachers Association’s collective bargaining agreement and its grievance procedure in what amounts to a “willful and a clear cut prohibited practice,” the HSTA argued in a brief filed Wednesday with the Hawaii Labor Relations Board.

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