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One Senator builds. The other destroys. Which one did UH get?

A Study of Contrasts:Lower Education Advocate, Higher Education Antagonist Transparency and accountability. These are essential qualities we can demand and expect from our elected officials whom we vote into office and are given our trust that they individually will do the right thing for Hawai‘i’s people. Unfortunately, these essential qualities appear to be absent from legislators serving on the Senate’s Higher Education Committee. Navigating through the murkiness of their actions, though their shallow narratives and innuendos, may prove to be difficult to [...]

UHPA2022-01-28T18:05:54-10:00May 10, 2021|Academic, Budget, Frontpage, Legislative, Monday Report, UH Funding|

Our Senate’s punch to the gut of UH

It's deja vu all over again with budget cuts As a faculty member of the University of Hawaii system, you play a key and significant role in supporting our state’s economic recovery. Unfortunately, our legislators, particularly those in the Senate, do not see you in this way. After having to endure a tumultuous year of on-again/off-again threats of furloughs, layoffs and pay cuts from Gov. David Ige, we find ourselves back in a tenuous situation, only this time the problem stems from [...]

UHPA2021-05-20T11:55:20-10:00May 7, 2021|Frontpage, Legislative, Legislative News, Monday Report, UH Funding|

Legislature Funds UHPA Ratified Contract

We are pleased to inform you that the Legislature has approved and appropriately funded our recently ratified (with a 95% approval) successor agreement (2021-2023), including the negotiated increases to the EUTF. You can download a PDF for details of the negotiated increases and the updated premium rates as you make your decisions for what plans best suit you during this open enrollment period. Download the PDFs of EUTF Rates contributions EUTF Rates (PDF download) Cover letter to EUTF (PDF download ) [...]

UHPA2021-05-03T07:58:47-10:00May 3, 2021|Contract negotiations, ERS/EUTF, Frontpage, Monday Report|

Meet your newest Board of Directors

UHPA Welcomes New Board of Directors Elections of the New UHPA Board of Directors were announced at the UHPA Annual Membership Meeting held on Zoom, Friday, April 23, 2021 at 11:30 AM. UH Manoa Welcomes: Vaness Chong Reza Ghorbani Frankie Hale Vicki Szymczak Leeward Community College Welcomes: Michael Oishi Maui College Welcomes: Nani Azman Re-elected to the UHPA Board of Directors were also announced: UH Manoa - David Duffy UH West Oahu - Alphie Garcia Kapiolani Community College - Susan Jaworowski Please [...]

UHPA2021-04-26T09:15:59-10:00April 25, 2021|BOD, Frontpage, Monday Report, UHPA Organizational|

UHPA publishes Faculty Statement of Principles

What is it we stand for? What principles guide our profession? What will we fight for? Where is our philosophical line in the sand which will not be crossed? In discussing these questions, the UHPA Outreach Committee began a months-long process to develop this first release of UHPA Faculty Statement of Principles, based on four key commitments: Academic ExcellenceSuccess of Our StudentsServing the CommunitySupporting the Local Economy The UHPA Faculty Statement of Principles was developed in a collaborative effort including the UHPA [...]

UHPA2021-04-24T10:11:57-10:00April 24, 2021|Academic, Frontpage, Monday Report, Principles|

Approved! Faculty Ratify the Tentative Agreement

The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) faculty overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying a successor contract that will keep salaries and healthcare premium contributions level over the next two years. The numbers Out of a total of 1,273 votes that were cast, 1,216 votes approved the provisions in the tentative agreement, which represents 95.5% of the votes. The final votes from faculty members were submitted and tallied today at 5 pm. We took on unprecedented challenges At any other time, a [...]

UHPA2021-04-22T17:27:00-10:00April 22, 2021|Contract negotiations, Frontpage, Monday Report|

Annual Meeting via Zoom webinar this Friday

UHPA’s 47th Annual Meeting will be held via Zoom webinar this Friday, April 23 and we look forward to engaging with you. The meeting starts promptly at 11:30 a.m. and you can start joining the Webinar at 11:20 a.m. For those that have already registered, you should have received a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.Invitations were sent to all UHPA members via email and if you didn’t receive your invitation please contact Kathy Yamashita.

UHPA2021-04-16T16:47:07-10:00April 19, 2021|Frontpage, Monday Report|

Nominations launching soon – stay tuned!

You're here a little early - we're launching this soon and will announce it in an upcoming Monday Report.

UHPA2021-04-12T18:39:09-10:00April 12, 2021|Principles|

Your concerns addressed at campus meetings

This week continues our campus meeting schedule (see below for details) and it’s the perfect chance for you to interact with UHPA Professional staff in a live Zoom environment. Our campus meeting agenda includes: Federal Stimulus and State Budgets working through the State and UH Administration.Link to Campus by Campus ReportsDownload PDF of Detailed Campus Reports (see page 86)Link to Federal Stimulus Campus ReportsDetailed information on the events leading up to the decision to end retirement incentive negotiations.Current status of successor bargaining [...]

UHPA2021-04-11T20:33:42-10:00April 12, 2021|Frontpage, Monday Report|

Representing Your Interests at the Legislature

UHPA Legislative Update as of 4/5/2021 Monday, April 5, 2021, will be day 42 of the legislative session and next Thursday, April 15, 2021 is the 48th day and second cross-over. On that day, there will be only seven (7) legislative session days left until Sine Die on April 29, 2021. UHPA has been working with legislators and lobbying on behalf of its membership in the new virtual world and environment as it has since last session when in March the State [...]

UHPA2021-04-04T18:37:42-10:00April 5, 2021|Frontpage, Legislative, Legislative News, Monday Report|

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