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EUTF Rates & Bylaws Voting Results Published

EUTF Voting Results  Published on 4/14/23, the results are as follows: Should the terms of the EUTF Tentative Agreement effective July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 be accepted? 99.4% voted in favor 0.6% voted to reject Your new EUTF Rates Based on the now-ratified EUTF Agreement, these are the rates going into effect on July 1, 2023.  EUTF Active Open Enrollment ends on Friday, May 12, 2023.  Get more information about EUTF Active Open Enrollment.   Amended and Restated Bylaws Results Published [...]

When Will You Receive Your Pay Increase and Bonus?

Thanks to the UHPA Negotiating Team, and all of you for your overwhelming support, we're happy to announce when the newly-contracted pay increases and retroactive bonus payments will be referenced in your paychecks. According to UH Administration, all 11-month faculty are tentatively scheduled to receive their 3.72% salary increase on their July 20, 2022 pay date while all 9-month faculty are scheduled to receive their 3.72% increase on their August 20, 2022 pay date. All eligible faculty, including eligible retirees, are tentatively [...]

2022-07-13T09:57:23-10:00July 13, 2022|Contract negotiations, Midday News Flash, Newsletter|

Details of State’s Offer to Faculty

Offer Highlights UHPA members have an opportunity to vote on new terms proposed for our current contract. Immediate one-time, lump-sum bonus of 1% of annual base pay, retroactive to June 30, 2021.Increases salaries by 14.35% compounded over the three years, not including the one-time 1% bonus.A reopener for Employer EUTF contributions for FY 2023-2024 and FY 2024-2025.Extends the existing contract from two years to four years, expiring in June 2025 instead of June 2023.This offer was unanimously approved by UHPA’s Board of [...]

2022-04-05T08:21:26-10:00April 4, 2022|AM Newsflash, Contract negotiations, Frontpage, Newsletter|

Faculty Ratification Vote Coming This Week On State Financial Offer

Coming To Your Inbox This Week On Saturday April 2, 2022, UHPA’s Board of Directors approved to send to the Faculty a financial offer from the State for review and consideration. The next step is a Faculty ratification vote. More information will be coming Tuesday to your inbox and the vote will take place later this week.   Watch for the State’s Financial Offer for Faculty In March 2020, the pandemic immediately changed our lives and our State’s economy was sent into an [...]

2022-04-03T16:12:28-10:00April 3, 2022|AM Newsflash, Contract negotiations, Frontpage, Newsletter|

UHPA Files Dissent on Tenure Group Discussions

The following is a copy of UHPA Executive Director Christian Fernʻs dissent to the Board of Regents Permitted Interaction Group (see page 188) on Tenure, Sept 10, 2021. Letter of Dissenting Opinion  (also published on page 211 of the BOR Sept 16 meeting materials) Aloha Chair Moore and Board of Regents: On February 18, 2021, the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents established and gave the Tenure Permitted Interaction Group (“Task Group”) an important assignment; to fully explore tenure, including its history [...]

Mandates Subject to Collective Bargaining

Mandates Must Abide With Collective Bargaining Protocols Any requirement imposed on University of Hawai‘i faculty as a new term or condition of continued employment must be freely discussed and jointly agreed to by the parties before the impact of these requirements can be enforced. This is the recognized standard established via the collective bargaining process to promote harmonious and cooperative relations between government and its employees and to protect the public by assuring effective and orderly operations.  The UHPA believes this statutory [...]

2021-08-02T08:52:54-10:00July 28, 2021|Contract negotiations, COVID19, Frontpage, Monday Report|

Contract Successor Agreement Terms Published

2021-2023 Unit 7 Successor Agreement Negotiated Changes Published The approved changes to the Unit 7 successor agreement and the terms agreed upon by the parties that will be incorporated into the 2021-2023 Unit 7 UHPA/BOR Agreement can be found on the UHPA website on the 2021-2023 Tentative Agreement page. Contract Printing of Full Agreement Underway UHPA, UH, and the Governor are now in the process of finalizing the changes to produce a formally executed successor agreement in full. Once the changes have [...]

2021-07-12T07:45:29-10:00July 12, 2021|Contract negotiations, Frontpage, Monday Report|

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 ) [...]

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

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 [...]

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

UHPA Defends Tenure at the Legislature

Legislative Bill to Eliminate Academic Tenure for Non-Instructional Faculty Thwarted  A legislative bill that would have adversely impacted the quality of education at the University of Hawai‘i — and affect the ability to attract and retain high quality faculty — has been put on hold. UH faculty can now breathe a sigh of relief — for now. SB 1328 proposed to eliminate academic tenure for all “non-instructional” faculty based on the premise that their primary duties and responsibilities do not involve instruction [...]

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