Terri Inefuku2024-01-25T22:31:40-10:00January 25, 2024|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: covid, COVID-19, hazard pay, HGEA, memorandum of understanding, paid leave, pandemic, teacher protections|
While an arbitrator has ruled that as many as 7,800 public school employees, such as school nurses and educational assistants, are eligible for hazard pay for working during the pandemic, public school teachers do not have a hazard pay clause in their contract.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T15:48:17-10:00September 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: EAs, Educational assistants, educator shortage, Gov. Josh Green, HGEA, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui Jr, teacher shortage, UPW, Vice principals, VPs|
Salaries for nearly 3,000 educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools would increase under a tentative agreement announced Thursday that will help combat chronic staff shortages.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-05T18:00:36-10:00January 5, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, education, HGEA, HIDOE, keiki, Keith Hayashi, Omicron, Osa Tui Jr, safety, sean bacon, staffing shortages, UPW|
With the recent surge in omicron-variant COVID-19 cases in the islands, Hawaii public schools saw 1,600 staff absences Wednesday, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) revealed in a press conference.
Terri Inefuku2021-08-12T11:42:35-10:00August 5, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: collective bargaining, coronavirus, COVID-19, emergency proclamation, gov. david ige, Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, Hawaii Government Employees Association, HFFA, HGEA, HSTA, mandate, SHOPO, State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, UHPA, United Public Workers, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, UPW, vaccine|
“The public-sector unions reached out to the governor’s office earlier this week to initiate discussions about the vaccine mandate, but our request was denied. We will continue to fight for open discussions about these important decisions that affect public employees, our government operations, and our community.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-03T18:34:29-10:00March 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, christina kishimoto, contract, educators, HGEA, HSTA, HSTA Board of Directors, oppose, opposition, superintendent, teachers, term, Unit 6|
An overwhelming number of people who submitted written testimony to the Hawaii Board of Education as of midday Wednesday asked the BOE not to renew the contract of Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-05T15:17:35-10:00February 4, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, Corey Rosenlee, HGEA, HSTA, member, nonvoting, principals, teacher|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s proposal to add a nonvoting member to the Board of Education who is a public school teacher received initial approval from the state House Education Committee Thursday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-11T10:20:00-10:00December 11, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, furloughs, governor, HGEA, HSTA, joint statement, pay cuts, UHPA, UPW|
One day after Gov. David Ige announced plans to furlough tens of thousands of employees in his state workforce, details are emerging showing the so-called plan actually isn’t one.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-06T10:32:34-10:00December 10, 2020|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: budget cuts, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, furloughs, governor, HGEA, HSTA, joint statement, Negotiations, pay cuts, UHPA, UPW|
Evan Kumasaki2020-12-10T10:55:00-10:00December 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, furloughs, governor, HGEA, HSTA, joint statement, pay cuts, UHPA, UPW|
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.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:47:34-10:00August 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: concerns, Corey Rosenlee, COVID-19, DOE, Eric Seitz, grab and go, HGEA, HIDOE, impact bargaining, Negotiations, Osa Tui, protocols, questions, reopening, requirements, restrictions, safety, sanitizing, school, social distancing|
Many principals and complex area superintendents have drastically changed their approach, opting for grab-and-go arrangements to keep the number of students on campuses much lower than originally planned.
