Jill Meinecke2023-03-01T21:59:35-10:00March 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: concealed guns, gun regulation, Honolulu City Council, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Jr., Osa Tui, Supreme Court, The National Education Association, weapons-free schools|
A bill that would limit people on Oʻahu from carrying concealed guns in sensitive places such as K-12 schools expanded to include school buses, preschools, and universities Tuesday as the Honolulu City Council approved the measure that is poised for a final vote later this month.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-28T21:20:28-10:00February 27, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Audra Zook, Dru Kanuha, Glenn Gray, Hawaii Island, Hōlualoa Elementary School, Honoka‘a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Complex Area, Janette Snelling, Jill Tokuda, Jr., Osa Tui|
Just a few days after the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association disclosed long-time mold, rat and maintenance problems at Hōlualoa Elementary School on Hawaiʻi Island, state school officials began making concrete steps toward some short-term fixes.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-01T15:11:53-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Chad Keone Farias, House Committee on Housing, Lahainaluna High, Laverne Moore, Oahu, Osa Tui, Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School, School Facilities Authority, Teacher housing, teacher shortage crisis|
The Hawaiʻi State House Committee on Housing advanced Wednesday a bill that would require the School Facilities Authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School property in Kaimukī, Oʻahu.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-01T09:48:18-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: adminstrator, Brenna Hashimoto, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii House Education Committee, Hawaii Legislature, Jeanne Kapela, Jr., Justin Woodson, Laverne Moore, Lisa Marten, Office of Collective Bargaining, Osa Tui, public schools, teacher|
The Hawaiʻi State House of Education Committee advanced Tuesday a measure that would allow a nonvoting public school teacher member on the Hawaiʻi Board of Education.
Jill Meinecke2023-01-06T15:58:24-10:00January 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: administrative holiday leave, Bargaining Unit 05, BU05, Department of Human Resources and Development, Gov. Josh Green, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, superintendent, teacher tax credit|
Hawaiʻi public schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi confirmed with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association that all Bargaining Unit 05 members are not eligible for the holiday administrative leave offered by Gov. Josh Green.
Jill Meinecke2023-01-04T17:35:45-10:00December 16, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: EUTF, HMSA, HSTA members, Jr., Kaiser Permanente, mental health, National Union of Healthcare Workers, NUHW, Osa Tui|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association encourages all members to support the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) strike in response to Kaiser Permanente’s proposed salary and benefits cuts for its mental health care staff.
Terri Inefuku2022-12-13T12:34:42-10:00December 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Council of State Governments, Council of State Governments National Conference, Hawaii State Teachers Association, National Center for Grow Your Own, National Center for Teacher Residencies, Osa Tui|
From shortage differentials to salary compression, Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association president Osa Tui, Jr. Thursday touted union-led advancements that helped Hawaiʻi recruit and retain qualified public school teachers.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-20T10:14:20-10:00May 19, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Caprice Young, Darrel Galera, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, waipahu high school|
A split Hawaii Board of Education Thursday selected Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi as the next superintendent of schools after a marathon, nearly 12-hour-long meeting during which each of the three finalist candidates made presentations and took questions from board members.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-19T13:54:07-10:00May 19, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Ann Mahi, Corey Rosenlee, executive director, HSTA, HSTA executive director, HSTA President, Osa Tui, Wilbert Holck|
Hawaii State Teachers Association Executive Director Wilbert Holck plans to retire at the end of July after a distinguished career lasting 31 years at the union. Longtime public school complex area superintendent, principal, administrator, and teacher Ann Mahi will succeed Holck as executive director on Aug. 1.
Jill Meinecke2022-04-01T19:15:05-10:00April 1, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, compression, Hawaii Legislature, Hawaii State House of Representatives, House Finance Committee, Jr., lawmakers, Lisa Morrison, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, professional development, shortage differentials, Sylvia Luke, teacher pay|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s top priority bills, including those that would pay teachers based on their years of service, secure funding for shortage differentials, and reinstate 21 hours of job-embedded professional development, cleared a large milestone Friday when the important state House Finance Committee unanimously voted to advance them.
