HSTA requests collaboration to ensure student, educator protections following Maui fires

2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday sent a request to the state for impact bargaining as well as a request for information about wildfires and their impacts on schools, teachers, and students.

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.

HIDOE dodges lawmaker’s question: ‘When will the DOE sign an MOU with HSTA?’

2021-09-10T14:05:04-10:00September 10, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

“When will the DOE sign an MOU (memorandum of understanding) with HSTA regarding safety protocols to ensure that there is accountability for violations that occur on school campuses?" a state lawmaker asked top state education officials Wednesday.

‘Enough is enough’: HSTA issues official demand for impact bargaining

2021-08-18T19:15:44-10:00August 18, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In a news conference Wednesday, HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr. outlined the stark discrepancy between what officials are telling the public and what’s really happening in Hawaii’s public schools.

Please submit testimony ahead of Thursday’s BOE meeting

2021-08-15T16:00:51-10:00August 15, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The Board of Education will be meeting this Thursday, Aug. 19. On the agenda for the general business meeting is discussion item VI-A: Presentation on opening schools for the 2021-2022 school year.

‘We cannot allow this type of thoughtlessness to continue’

2021-08-11T21:05:45-10:00August 11, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

“Yesterday, Gov. David Ige issued an executive order that prohibits indoor social gatherings of more than 10 people. Schools and classrooms were not included. Many of you reached out, frustrated at the hypocrisy of this order, and I agree completely.”

State backs off across-the-board pay cuts; smaller paychecks still on the table

2021-04-20T14:58:44-10:00April 20, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, Negotiations, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

HSTA board approves impact bargaining on increased 4th quarter face-to-face learning

2021-03-02T18:36:31-10:00March 2, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii State Teachers Association Board of Directors voted to support our negotiations team conducting impact bargaining with the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) on wider implementation of face-to-face learning in the fourth quarter.

After HSTA’s outcry, schools roll back in-person plans for Monday

2020-11-05T15:47:34-10:00August 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

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