Nominations for the 2009 UHPA Board of Directors' election is closed and ballots will be mailed around March 30, 2009 to Active Members at Maui CC, Leeward CC, UH-West Oahu, and UH-Manoa. Click on the title for more information.

The Nominations and Elections Committee has prepared the following slate of candidates to fill vacating positions on the UHPA Board of Directors. The committee will be accepting further nominations by petition until February 24, 2009, after which nominations will be completed. The 2009 UHPA Board of Directors election will be conducted between April 1 and April 17, 2009 by mail ballot.

This week, UHPA notified the Hawaii Labor Relations Board that attempts to reach a contract settlement through mediation has failed. This notification is required on the 50th day of impasse where there is no resolution leading to a settlement. Throughout mediation, Federal Mediator Carol Catanzariti worked hard to move the parties toward settlement.

Since December, UHPA’s Collective Bargaining Committee sought to utilize the mediation process, required by Chapter 89, to settle the current bargaining impasse. In an effort to be responsive to the Governor’s request to settle the contract by accepting a contract identical to the current one, the Bargaining Committee sought authorization from the UHPA Board of Directors to make such a proposal. A caveat was added that if any other public employees reached a settlement that increased salary over the next two years UHPA would be allowed to open up salary negotiations.

A series of UHPA meetings to brief faculty members on collective bargaining have been scheduled since September 22nd. Look for the scheduled meetings on your campus. The remaining meeting dates, times, and locations are listed in bold print.

The Board of Regents did not approve a "Waiver of Return Service Obligation" for UH Hilo Chancellor Tseng as part of an employment separation package. On May 29 the Board of Regents refused to allow the Chancellor to take a sabbatical leave that did not require a return to UH Hilo for additional service.

The Board of Regents did not approve a "Waiver of Return Service Obligation" for UH Hilo Chancellor Tseng as part of an employment separation package. On May 29 the Board of Regents refused to allow the Chancellor to take a sabbatical leave that did not require a return to UH Hilo for additional service.

Regarding Summer Session Teaching Load

The Board of Directors of the Big Island Press Club supports UHPA's objection to the secrecy created at Regents' meetings.

The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly will be holding its Thirty-third Annual Membership Meeting.