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On Friday Jan 15, 2021, UHPA received the attached PDF and we’ve excerpted the key message from the State’s Chief Negotiator Ryker Wada: On December 29, 2020, Governor Ige sent a message to the entire Executive Branch notifying employees that due to the $900 Billion federal COVID-19 relief bill, there was enough direct support to […]
UHPA has received a number of inquiries from Unit 7 Faculty Members about the State of Hawaii’s plans on the COVID-19 vaccination roll out and when Unit 7 Faculty Members can expect to be able to register and obtain a vaccination if they choose. Vaccine distribution is outside of our legal authority The State of […]
Regent Jan Naoe Sullivan said “freezing tenure” should be considered.
From their website: AlohaSafe Alert is a free, voluntary new service that helps slow the spread of COVID-19. It is the State of Hawaii’s official exposure notification app and has been developed in partnership with the Hawaii State Department of Health. Voluntary You control whether or not you receive notifications (you can opt-in/opt-out anytime). Notifications […]
This will be the default collective bargaining and retirement incentive plan update unless otherwise published To reduce unnecessary traffic and redundancy of information from UHPA, you can assume that this report will be the same every week and therefore UHPA will only be publishing news and updates that are substantively different from the following weekly […]
UHPA Executive Director Christian Fern & Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno spoke with Catherine Cruz from Hawaii Public Radio On Dec 29, Catherine Cruz of Hawaii Public Radio invited UHPA Executive Director Christian Fern and UH Provost Michael Bruno on “The Conversation” for a one-hour discussion, “UH Administration Talks Labor Contracts, Federal Aid Ahead of 2021.” […]
Some members of the media inquired whether UHPA’s lawsuit would be changed as a result of the announcement by the Governor to delay or defer the furloughs. The following response from our Executive Director Christian Fern provided the rationale for the lawsuit: “Since April of this year, Gov. Ige has continued to send mixed messages […]
Bargaining Update Mid-term bargaining and proposed furloughs Refer to 12/23/20 UHPA Article “UHPA Sues Gov. Ige For Mandating Furloughs.” Successor Bargaining Negotiations for a successor UHPA/BOR Unit 7 Agreement continues with another meeting scheduled for Monday, December 28, 2020. Retirement Incentive There are no new updates or additional information on this matter. Budget Update The […]
The University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA), the union that represents about 3.500 faculty members across all 10 campuses of the University of Hawai‘i system, is taking legal action to block the governor’s plan to implement furloughs and a 9.23% reduction in pay. The lawsuit, filed in federal court today against Gov. David Ige, State […]
As a member of UHPA you have access to free webinars through your Inside Edge benefits from HomeStreet Bank. Start the year off right with useful and timely info such as Credit Card Makeover: Getting out of Debt and Solving the Mystery of Credit Reports. In addition to the free webinar(s), there are also links […]
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