Jill Meinecke2026-04-22T11:38:12-10:00April 22, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: cost of living, HSTA Convention, HSTA President, Karen Ginoza, organizing, Osa Tui, state convention, strike, strike ready|
Nearly 200 Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members from across the state gathered for the 53rd Annual State Convention on Saturday at the Honolulu Country Club, where delegates debated the future of the union and heard a clear message: the work ahead will require unity, organizing, and a willingness to act.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-15T18:46:55-10:00April 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 52nd annual convention, Class VIII, contract, Gov. Josh Green, hazard pay, HSTA Convention, HSTA Negotiations Team, Jr., McKinley High, Negotiations, Osa Tui|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. revealed to delegates at the union’s 2025 State Convention that the state had offered educators a two-year extension on its existing contract with annual 4% increases without the possibility of negotiating any other terms or working conditions. After careful consideration, HSTA leadership rejected the offer, he said.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-15T15:47:16-10:00April 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Channa Uyetake, FOY, friend of youth award, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Hilo, HSTA Convention, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, kalo, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School, Mahina Oha, Mālama Hāloa Hui Kuʻi Kalo o Puna, Nick Kālāmakani Francisco, Puna, taro|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association honored Puna educator Nick Kālāmakani Francisco with its 2025 Friend of Youth Award Saturday at HSTA’s 52nd annual State Convention.
Jill Meinecke2024-05-17T10:29:17-10:00May 15, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Biden-Harris administration, Dr. Jill Biden, first lady Jill Biden, HSTA Convention, Mary Kusler, maui wildfires, member delegates, National Education Association, pro-labor, pro-union, public education|
In front of over 200 Hawai’i State Teachers Association member delegates at the 51st annual state convention, National Education Association (NEA) Senior Director of Advocacy Mary Kusler in her keynote speech posed a question: “Why do we do politics in the union?”
Jill Meinecke2024-05-17T10:09:55-10:00May 14, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, contract ratification, Gov. Josh Green, HSTA Convention, HSTA Maui Chapter, Joan Husted, Jr., maui wildfires, Osa Tui, union advocacy|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. honored the union’s foundations while advocating for a unified future at HSTA’s 51st annual state convention on April 13.
Terri Inefuku2023-12-21T10:12:21-10:00December 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: convention, delegate, elections, Honolulu Chapter, HSTA Convention, leadership, run, Shannon Garan|
If you want to help shape public education in Hawaiʻi and our union, run to become an HSTA state convention delegate!
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 Meinecke2023-05-18T16:27:15-10:00May 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, HSTA Convention, new educators, new members, resources, SHiNE, SHiNE Committee, Supporting Hawaii's New Educators, teacher turnover, tools, Victoria Zupancic|
Member delegates voted last month to make the Supporting Hawaii’s New Educators (SHiNE) ad hoc committee a standing committee at the HSTA’s 50th annual Convention at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-08T17:00:11-10:00April 8, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 49th annual convention, convention, delegate, friend of youth award, Hawaii Convention Center, HSTA Convention, HSTA President, Kim Anderson, NEA Executive Director, Nikki-Ann Yee, Osa Tui Jr, STACY Award, Sylvia Luke, union business, union policies, voting, Zachary Morita|
On Saturday, 126 Hawaii State Teachers Association members from across the state gathered at the Hawaii Convention Center for the 49th annual State Convention. Elected member delegates gathered to debate and vote on policies that will steer the direction of the association.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-12T10:57:30-10:00April 5, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA Convention, HSTA member, Music education, music teacher, NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence, Niu Valley Middle School, STACY, STACY Award, Stacy Nishina, teaching excellence, Zachary Morita|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association named Zachary Morita, a music teacher at Niu Valley Middle School, as its 2022 S.T.A.C.Y. Award for Teaching Excellence recipient.
