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Big Mahalo to Senators Karl Rhoads and Brian Taniguchi

Courage, exemplified It takes courage to go against the grain and to stand up for what is right. Mahalo to Sen. Karl Rhoads and Sen. Brian Taniguchi for voting “no” on SB 3269 SD 2, relating to academic tenure of faculty. These two bravely called out the elephant in the room rather than simply go with the flow by voting in favor of the bill with 23 other senators. Mahalo to Sen. Rhoads and Sen. Taniguchi for standing with faculty and not [...]

UHPA2022-03-11T16:48:23-10:00March 11, 2022|Evening Newsflash, Legislative, Newsletter|

Senators Working Hard To Undo The Success We’ve Achieved

Autonomy Revisited:Today’s Senate Has Strayed Off the Path Established 30 Years Ago As Hawaii’s legislative session reaches the halfway mark and bills cross over between the House and Senate, it’s a good time to reflect on what has been transpiring to date. In the heat of the day-to-day, rough-and-tumble battles that occur with the various legislative committees, we often do not have the luxury to take a deeper, historical look at how the decisions and actions of certain legislators have deviated from [...]

UHPA2022-03-11T16:47:23-10:00March 11, 2022|Evening Newsflash, Newsletter, Opinion|

SB 3269, SD 1 Now On Life Support

Your Faculty Voices Made All the DIfference A total of 227 pages of passionate and explicit written testimony was submitted on SB 3269, SD1, and all testifiers were in opposition to the proposed legislation. There was not even one written testimony that was submitted in support, including from past and present Board of Regent members who testified at the first hearing. The strong outpouring of written opposition from the faculty definitely had a major impact since the bill had to be majorly [...]

UHPA2022-03-04T18:03:01-10:00March 4, 2022|Evening Newsflash, Newsletter|

Legislative Bill to Obliterate UH Tenure System Moving Forward

The Senate Committee on Ways and Means is holding a hearing on SB 3269 SD1, relating to academic tenure as a last-ditch effort to keep this bill on academic tenure alive during this legislative session. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, March 4, 2022 at 10:10 am. Need Your Urgent Support The Senate continues to push their modus operandi by using alternative facts to justify that tenure is supported by tax dollars and restricting tenure leads to cost savings which is absolutely [...]

UHPA2022-03-02T13:01:15-10:00March 2, 2022|Midday News Flash, Newsletter|

Joint Statement Issued On Workload Policies

Joint Statement of the University of Hawai‘i (UH) and the University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA) on systemwide guidance for the promulgation of workload policies and workload assignments. February 22, 2022 As a result of a UHPA Class Grievance filed on April 30, 2019 challenging the process used to make revisions to a workload policy by a particular college at one of the UH’s four (4) year campus, the Vice President of Academic Strategy at the time wanted to make sure no [...]

UHPA2022-02-18T16:54:33-10:00February 22, 2022|AM Newsflash, Frontpage, Newsletter, System Policy|

BOR Drops The PIG And The Curtain Gets Pulled Back

At Thursday's (2/17/2022) BOR meeting, the BOR voted to adopt the Report of the Senate Concurrent Resolution 201 (2021) Task Force and to disregard the findings and recommendations of the dissolved Tenure PIG (Permitted Interaction Group). By the BORʻs vote on Thursday, it sends a clear message to the Senate that the BOR doesnʻt support the action proposed by the Findings and Recommendations of the Dissolved BOR Tenure PIG. Moreover, as a governing body that by Constitution is granted authority, power, and [...]

UHPA2022-02-18T12:53:16-10:00February 18, 2022|Legislative, Midday News Flash, Newsletter|

Senator Fevellaʻs Alternative Facts

Where Does He Get This From? Based on last weekʻs Senate HRE hearing on SB 3269, SD 1, UHPA performed its own due diligence in researching various statements and comments offered by Senator Kurt Fevella when he questioned testifiers by making the statement “I donʻt know what they was <sic> reading?” No, Taxpayers Don’t Pay for All of UH In Senator Fevellaʻs public statement that “...the State of Hawaii is the only one that pays for everything by the taxpayer” we can [...]

UHPA2022-02-18T12:54:55-10:00February 18, 2022|Legislative, Midday News Flash, Newsletter|

Mystery Remains on Hearing’s Details

Re: SB 3269 SD 1 Where is Jan Sullivan’s Missing Testimony? While an NFL Superbowl LVI Champion was crowned, restaurants and florists inundated with reservations and deliveries on Valentines Day meet the challenge, and as the US moved up from 6th place to 3rd place on the 2022 Winter Olympic medal counts, there is still no posting, access, or availability on the Hawaii State Legislature’s website to obtain former Board of Regent member Jan Sullivan’s testimony on SB 3269, SD 1. Since [...]

UHPA2022-02-15T12:07:39-10:00February 15, 2022|Legislative, Midday News Flash, Newsletter|

A Sham of a Hearing (SB 3269 SD 1)

The Facts of What Really Happened We went through the recording of the SB3269 hearing and pulled out important soundbites you need to know. In UHPA’s opinion, this was an example of collusion at its finest and the epitome of a rigged hearing. There was unanimous written opposition to the bill. Its sole support came from former Board of Regents (BOR) member Jan Sullivan whose written testimony continues to remain elusive and invisible. We’ve extensively hyperlinked to relevant sections of the videotaped [...]

UHPA2022-02-11T18:31:59-10:00February 11, 2022|Evening Newsflash, Legislative, Newsletter|

TODAY: Watch SB3269’s hearing LIVE

The Moment Has Arrived Today at 3pm, the Committee on Higher Education will be holding a public hearing and broadcasting it live via YouTube. Democracy Belongs to Those That Show Up One silver lining of COVID restrictions is that we can now all attend public hearings remotely. Use this opportunity to virtually show up. Go to this YouTube link at 3pm today and let it play on your desktop or mobile device. Let’s Break Youtube Viewing Records A quick glance of [...]

UHPA2022-02-10T11:24:40-10:00February 10, 2022|Legislative, Midday News Flash, Newsletter|

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