Jill Meinecke2025-07-17T16:37:34-10:00July 17, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Audra Zook, HSTA headquarters, HSTA leaders, HSTA leadership training, HSTA President, Jr., Kristin Hamada, National Education Association, NEA, organizing, Osa Tui, Robert Rodriguez, UniServ director|
Over 40 Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association chapter leaders gathered earlier this week at HSTA headquarters for a two-day immersive training on building union power for the 2025-26 school year.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-13T17:01:03-10:00May 13, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: APC, APC rep, arbitration, Association Policy Committee, collective bargaining agreement, grievance, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, HRS § 89-9(c), Justin Jansen, Office of Information Technology Services (OITS), UniServ director|
After a full arbitration hearing, the arbitrator sided with HSTA and upheld the grievance, filed by the Office of Information Technology Services (OITS), that asserted that the HIDOE must recognize the OITS Association Policy Committee (APC) under Article IV of the collective bargaining agreement.
Terri Inefuku2024-08-09T12:26:19-10:00August 9, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, Honolulu Chapter, HSTA, Jorge Ochoa, Leeward Chapter, UniServ director|
Meet Jorge Ochoa, a Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association UniServ director with a focus on advocacy for the union’s Honolulu and Leeward chapters. His first day was Aug. 1.
Terri Inefuku2024-07-12T13:31:32-10:00July 12, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State House of Representatives, Lawmaker, Mark Nakashima, obituary, UniServ director|
State Rep. Mark Nakashima, a former public school teacher and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association UniServ Director who served 17 years in the state Legislature representing parts of east Hawaiʻi Island, has died. He was 61.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-19T15:11:17-10:00April 18, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: due process, HSTA, now hiring, Oahu, UniServ director|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is seeking a UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
Jill Meinecke2024-02-29T16:07:24-10:00February 29, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: APC, Central Chapter president, Dana Shishido, Grievance Representative, Hawaii Department of Education, Head Faculty Representative, HSTA, Joan Husted, Leeward Chapter, National Education Association, public schools, Sharon Mahoe, teacher, UniServ director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Wilbert Holck|
After over three decades as a Hawaiʻi public school educator and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association leader, Dana Shishido joined the union as its newest UniServ Director for Oʻahu’s Leeward Chapter.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-30T13:27:38-10:00November 30, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Leeward, Leeward Chapter, Leeward Oahu, now hiring, UniServ director|
HSTA is looking for a Leeward Oʻahu UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
Jill Meinecke2023-06-30T15:03:32-10:00June 30, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaiʻi Fire Fighters Association, Hawaii Legislature, HSTA, Leeward Chapter, Ocean Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Public Safety & Military Affairs Committee, UH Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law, UniServ director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to introduce Jolyn Garidan Prieto as the newest Leeward Chapter UniServ Director.
Jill Meinecke2023-06-26T11:11:23-10:00June 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Apply now, HSTA jobs, now hiring, Oahu, UniServ director|
HSTA is looking for an Oʻahu UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
Terri Inefuku2023-03-21T12:54:11-10:00March 21, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, HSTA, job opening, Oahu, UniServ director|
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