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Attend virtual ‘Know Your Rights’ session on immigration Tuesday
The Hawaʻii State Teachers Association is teaming 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 Tuesday, May 20.
Free summer STEM and environmental justice program for high school students seeks applicants
Mapping Justice, a free virtual summer program for Hawaiʻi high school students, seeks applicants for its program for students to dive into climate and social justice issues in their communities, while learning fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
HSTA asks HIDOE for mandatory administrator training on immigration enforcement
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is asking the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to affirm that it won’t retaliate or discipline school employees who refuse to participate in immigration enforcement. The union also wants HIDOE to require administrators to be trained on immigration enforcement issues.
Kona teachers meet with Tokuda to share immigration enforcement concerns
More than 40 people, most of them public school teachers, attended a talk-story event with U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D, Hawaiʻi) in Kona Saturday afternoon, organized by the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to discuss immigration enforcement concerns. Afterwards, Tokuda called the meeting “heart-wrenching.”
OITS educators win recognition fight for state office teachers
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.
HSTA celebrates newly-named Koʻolau Chapter in Kualoa ceremony
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.