2015 (Archives)

J.N. Musto’s Final Testimony as Executive Director at the Board of Regents Meeting

UH Board of Regents Meeting August 20, 2015 Testimony Pertaining to Agenda Item VIII.B.1 On behalf of the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, I will once again speak to the organization of the University of Hawai'i System and its relationship to the various campuses. I have spoken on this topic many times before, and I would refer you to the letter I sent to Representative LoPresti during the last legislative session. I applaud President Lassner for his comments at the last Board [...]

2016-11-14T14:30:27-10:00August 24, 2015|Board of Regents, Legislative News|

Senator Schatz Addresses Bias in Letter to NASA

In a memo issued in March 2013, NASA grant-awarded faculty were surprised to see Hawai'i classified with "foreign destinations" for the purposes of travel approval. Despite a correction issued a year later in March 2014,  lower-level NASA officials continued to restrict approval, asserting to Hawai'i faculty that their travel monies were non-domestic. After hearing from concerned faculty, Senator Schatz wrote to NASA Administrators in an effort to bring awareness to the difficulties which state researchers frequently face; namely, that it can be [...]

UHPA Files Prohibited Practice for a Failure to Bargain Wages at Cancer Center

UHPA has requested that the Hawaii Labor Relations Board address the employer's unilaterial implementation of wages through the UHCC Consortium, an entity that is not regulated by the employer. A number of UH administrators are on the Board of the Consortium and are agents of the University. The payment of wages through an external mechanism evades the employers bargaining obligations. It also denies UHPA income as allowed by law for dues deductions. Employees may have also have been deprived of ERS contributions [...]

2015-08-24T20:34:04-10:00August 24, 2015|Frontpage, Legal Judicial, Newsletter|

ERS Filing Sessions

If you are planning to retire this year, please refer to the schedule for individual counseling/filing sessions on the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) website under Members Retirement Planning http://ers.ehawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Oahu-Fall-20151.pdf. Employees wanting to request an individual counseling session on O‘ahu should call ERS at 586-1735, as the individual counseling sessions are filling up fast.  A registration form is also available on the last page of the ERS Counseling Appointments for Employees Retiring schedule.  On the form, please enter the last 4-digits of your [...]

2015-08-18T12:26:21-10:00August 18, 2015|Frontpage, Newsletter, System Policy|

So You Want to Run the University Like a Business? Part 2: What is your educational product? (updated)

By David Duffy, UHPA President The creation and transmission of knowledge have been the traditional products of higher education. Learning and scholarship acquired through study are acknowledged by the awarding of a degree. Students are not taught a particular trade. They are taught to think for themselves, to write and to speak in ways that convince others, to understand what they read, to learn how to learn, and to continue to educate themselves, wherever life takes them. But more recently, other views [...]

2015-08-04T19:33:20-10:00August 2, 2015|Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion|

FacFAQs: When do I get that raise that’s in the new contract?

Senior Botany Professor and 9-month faculty member at Mauna Kea College, Dr. Domingo, knows the new UHPA-BOR 2015-2017 contract went into effect on July 1, 2015. He was just telling a new hire that union dues are 1% of your salary, yet, due to this contract, faculty will get an 8% raise over the next two years. Not a bad return on investment! However, Dr. Domingo just got his July 20th paycheck, and he isn't seeing his increase. Was there a snag [...]

We need your feedback on home loan and refinancing workshops

On July 21 we sent a survey to all UHPA members asking for their feedback about holding on-campus workshops in partnership with HomeStreet Bank. If you haven't completed it yet, please check your email and click on the link. It will take less than a minute to complete. If you did not receive a survey, please call our office so we can confirm you are on the email list. Mahalo!

2015-07-24T16:31:39-10:00July 22, 2015|Membership Benefits, Newsletter|

UHPA Member special offer on Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

UHPA members can now purchase Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance at a special low rate! $10,000 in coverage is available for only 37¢ per month, $100,000 is only $3.66 per month and you can purchase up to $500,000 in coverage for less than $20 per month. Additional coverage is also available for your spouse and dependent children. As an added benefit, you also receive an anti-inflation coverage increase for every 2 years of continuous coverage up to a maximum of 5 increases [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:32-10:00July 15, 2015|Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Newsletter|

UHPA Names Christian Fern Associate Executive Director

NEWS RELEASE Date:          June 30, 2015 Contact:    Kris Hanselman, Associate Executive Director, (808) 593-2157 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of Hawaii Professional Assembly Names Christian Fern Associate Executive Director Honolulu, Hawaii – The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) has named Christian Fern Associate Executive Director. He begins on July 1, 2015 and will play a key role on the union’s leadership team, representing nearly 4,000 faculty members on 10 campuses across the statewide University of Hawaii system. Prior to [...]

2015-07-27T09:02:42-10:00July 1, 2015|Frontpage, Newsletter, UHPA Organizational|
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