Jill Meinecke2021-12-10T16:43:51-10:00December 10, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: COVID-19, grievance, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, HSTA, PPC, prohibited practice complaint, State of Hawaii|
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.
Evan Kumasaki2021-11-29T12:04:57-10:00November 29, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: app, coronavirus, COVID-19, HSTA, Hustle, notification, text, text message|
If you receive a text message, it's okay to respond! HSTA leaders are using an application called Hustle to text members while keeping all phone numbers private.
Jill Meinecke2021-11-23T15:49:41-10:00November 15, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: CARES Act, HSTA, Membership Services Committee, NEA, NEA Student Debt Navigator, Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program, Savi, student debt, Student loan forgiveness, student loans, U.S. Department of Education, Waianae High School|
Haff found out about Savi, a free online student loan evaluation tool, while serving as the Member Services Committee chair for Leeward chapter at an HSTA conference and cut her payments by $350 per month.
Terri Inefuku2023-10-03T17:42:58-10:00November 15, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: education, gender identity, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HCR, HSTA, human and civil rights, human and civil rights committee, LGBTQ, sexuality, transgender, webinar, workshop|
Learn how to support your students by understanding key terms, the importance of pronouns, the difference between gender identity and sexuality, and Hawaii State Department of Education guidance.
Jill Meinecke2021-11-12T16:54:58-10:00November 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: contract, gender identity, gender-neutral language, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA, job satisfaction, Keith, Pilot Transfers Program Workshop, probationary teachers, tenured teachers, vacan|
Two items that the Hawaii State Teachers Association pushed for in its current contract to improve the teacher transfer process and take gender-specific language out of HSTA’s contract will be heard by the Hawaii Board of Education at its monthly meeting Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2021-11-05T13:26:53-10:00November 5, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: and Resolutions Committee, Bylaws, chapter, Chater, committee, Elections Committee, Government Relations Committee, HSTA, human and civil rights committee, Membership Services Committee, negotiations committee, SHiNE Committee|
Some of our HSTA chapter presidents are looking to fill committee spots that are currently vacant. If you have any interest in serving on a committee for your chapter, submit your information for consideration by November 21st!
kkerr@hsta.org2021-10-22T13:42:04-10:00October 22, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: DOE, health and safety, HIDOE, HSTA, picketing, pickets, principals, safe., students, teachers|
For our purposes, informational picketing is meant to raise awareness for families and the community about issues taking place on many of our campuses where safety protocols are not being followed.
Terri Inefuku2021-10-01T14:13:56-10:00October 1, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: arbitration, class grievance, collective bargaining law, coronavirus, COVID-19, demand for arbitration, emergency proclamation, grievance, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA|
The Hawaii State Department of Education has notified the Hawaii State Teachers Association that it will “take no further action” on two class grievances over unsafe working conditions and the state’s mandate that unvaccinated education employees be tested for COVID-19 weekly, citing the suspension of parts of Hawaii’s collective bargaining law because of the pandemic.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-29T12:11:53-10:00September 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: concerns, contact tracing, educators, HSTA, Kauai, Osa Tui, Paul Zina. Sarah Kern, safety, Sarah Tochiki, students, subs, substitutes, union|
More than 150 teachers from schools on Kauai took part in informational sign-waving before and after classes Tuesday, raising health concerns about a lack of consistent COVID-19 protocols, pressure to not report positive cases, and persistent staffing shortages that have forced the highest-ranking public school official on the Garden Island to fill in as a substitute
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-24T20:29:27-10:00September 24, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Aaron Kubo, East Hawaii, educators, Edwin Kagawa, Hilo, Hilo Chapter, HSTA, informational picket, Osa Tui, pickets, safety, teachers union|
Teachers from all around East Hawaii conducted informational picketing late Friday afternoon outside the State Office Building in Hilo, raising concerns about a lack of uniform health protocols in public schools.
