Jill Meinecke2023-10-04T14:06:24-10:00October 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, education, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, HSTA contract, HSTA Convention, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Husted, Joan Kamila Lewis, June Motokawa, Osa Tui Jr, Roger Takabayashi, teacher, Wilbert Holck|
Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers, died Monday. She was 85 years old and passed away peacefully at her Makiki home under hospice care, her family said.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-04T12:20:42-10:00August 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2023-2027 collective bargaining agreement, Corey Rosenlee, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, HIDOE, HSTA contract, Jr., Laverne Moore, Osa Tui, Teacher recruitment, teacher shortage, teacher shortage crisis, University of Hawaii|
The Hawai‘i State Department of Education reports a significant decrease in the number of teacher vacancies this school year – roughly 340 – compared to more than 1,000 vacancies at the start of last school year. The drop is a direct result of pay hikes and other important improvements HSTA advocated for, said HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr.
Jill Meinecke2023-04-28T16:13:17-10:00April 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2023-2027 contract, Bargaining Unit 05, contract funding, Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA contract, Jr., Louise Cayetano, Osa Tui, public charter schools, ratification vote|
During a joint House and Senate Conference Committee meeting Friday, state lawmakers approved $219 million in funding for the first two years of Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2023–2027 contract that takes effect July 1.
Jill Meinecke2023-04-25T13:47:21-10:00April 24, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, HSTA contract, Jr., Osa Tui, ratification, ratification sites, settlement agreement, tentative agreement|
On Monday, Hawaiʻi State Teacher Association President Osa Tui, Jr. and HSTA’s Deputy Director and Chief Negotiator Andrea Eshelman hosted a member webinar to discuss HSTA’s tentative settlement ahead of the ratification vote Wednesday after school.
Jill Meinecke2022-09-15T16:36:01-10:00September 15, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: contract, HSTA contract, Negotiations, negotiations committee, Negotiations Team|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association is preparing to negotiate a new contract, and the Negotiations Committee needs your help determining priorities to be included at the bargaining table.
