Jill Meinecke2025-06-09T11:11:14-10:00June 9, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Ann Mahi, Bill Guy PR Person of the Year, COVID-19, Hawaii News Now, investigative reporter, Jr., Keoki Kerr, KITV, maui wildfires, NPR, Osa Tui, Pat Saiki, public relations, SEAComm, Wilbert Holck|
In front of communications colleagues from teachers’ unions across the country, Keoki Kerr, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Director of Communications, won the prestigious 2025 Bill Guy PR Person of the Year award last month in Minneapolis.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-22T11:25:18-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, education cuts, federal cuts, NEA, Osa Tui, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, U.S. Supreme Court|
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Education, ruling that the terminations were a thinly veiled effort to dismantle the entire department without congressional approval.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-21T15:15:35-10:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, Osa Tui, shortage differentials, teacher compensation, teacher pay, teacher salary|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is partnering with the Experience Management Institute (EXMI) on a comprehensive Compensation Impact Study focused on teacher salary compression.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-21T13:57:37-10:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU Hawaii, Andrea Eshelman, Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights, HIDOE, ICE, ICE raids, immigration, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association partnered with U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D, Hawaiʻi), the ACLU Hawaiʻi, and the Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights to present a virtual Know Your Rights for Educators: Immigration Enforcement session.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-20T15:14:50-10:00May 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: AE, Aspiring Educators, Joshua Kamalani, Jr., Kristin Hamada, National Education Association and Advisory Committee of Aspiring Educators (ACAE), NEA, Osa Tui, University of Hawaii|
Around 25 aspiring educators from university and community college programs across the state gathered at the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s headquarters on Oʻahu late last month for an open house to learn the value of unionism.
Jill Meinecke2026-01-13T11:50:12-10:00May 12, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaiian Education Special Committee, Hawaiian language, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Jodi Beaty, Jr., Kāneʻohe, Koʻolau Chapter, Koʻolauloa, Koʻolaupoko, Kualoa Regional Park, Oʻahu, Osa Tui, Windward Chapter|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association leaders gathered Saturday at Kualoa Regional Park on Oʻahu to celebrate the renaming of its Koʻolau Chapter, formerly called Windward Chapter.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-09T10:39:48-10:00May 8, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Donald Trump, HSTA Maui Chapter, ICE, J1 visa program, Jr., Kahului, non-immigrant visa, Osa Tui, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Mazie Hirono, teacher appreciation week, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|
‘The whole situation was really overwhelming and traumatic for all of us’ Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2025 A Maui teacher went public Thursday with the harrowing story of gun-toting federal agents waking her and about 10 public school teachers here on non-immigrant visas early Tuesday morning and detaining them for at least 45 minutes in a raid searching for a man who apparently hadn’t lived in the home for more than a year. The teacher is a U.S. citizen who requested anonymity to protect her identity and the names of her educator colleagues who suffered through what [...]
Jill Meinecke2025-04-29T09:18:17-10:00April 29, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: AFL-CIO, civil action, HSTA contract, Jr., legal protection, Osa Tui, professional employees, Randy Perreira, state workers, statutory protections|
State lawmakers have recommended final approval of a new law that clarifies the state's duty to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees in civil legal actions.
Jill Meinecke2025-04-25T18:55:14-10:00April 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Castle High, free school meals, Gov. Josh Green, hawaii public health institute, hawaii state legislature, Jason Bradshaw, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, Osa Tui, Rep. Trish La Chica, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
Thousands more keiki across Hawai’i will have access to free breakfast and lunch starting as soon as next school year, after a key measure in the Legislature passed a critical hurdle Thursday.
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.
