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Salary and Benefits Changes Effective July 1, 2019

Salary Increases We are entering the third year of our four-year contract. All bargaining unit 7 members will see a salary increase of 2% effective July 1, 2019, which includes lecturers, whose updated fee schedules are outlined in Article XXI, Salaries of the UHPA-BOR 2017-2021 Contract. EUTF Premiums and Contributions The new EUTF Plan Year for Active Employees starts on July 1, 2019. Any plan changes made during the Open Enrollment Period (April 2019) will now be reflected in your payroll deductions.  [...]

SEN LBR SCR 111/SR 69 HLRB

The Senate Committee on Labor Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 2:45 PM, Conference Room 229 RE: SCR 111/SR 69 Urging the Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board... Attention: Chair Jill Tokua, Vice Chair J. Kalani English and members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) strongly encourages the committee to support S.C.R  NO.111. Support affirms that the purpose of Chapter 89, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes should continue to ensure exclusive representatives have the financial resources that support collective bargaining. Hawai‘i has long [...]

HOU LAB HCR 122/HR106 HLRB

The House Committee on Labor & Public Employment Tuesday, March 27, 201810:00 AM, Conference Room 309 RE: HCR 122/HR 106 Urging the Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board...   Attention: Chair Aaron Johanson, Vice Chair Daniel Holt and members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) strongly encourages the committee to support H.C.R  NO.122. Support affirms that the purpose of Chapter 89, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes should continue to ensure exclusive representatives have the financial resources that support collective bargaining. Hawai‘i [...]

SEN SB2585, SD2, HD1 Relating to CB, Grad Students

The House Committee on Higher Education Tuesday, March 20, 2018 2:10 PM, Conference Room 309 RE: SB 2585, SD2, HD1 Relating to Collective Bargaining Attention:    Chair Angus McKelvey, Vice Chair Mark Hashem an Members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support passage of SB 2585, SD2, HD1 that amends Section 89-6 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statute to create bargaining unit 15, allowing full-time graduate students employed at the University of Hawai‘i to [...]

HOU FIN HB 1932, HD1 Emergency Rules by Agencies

The House Committee on Finance Wednesday, February 28, 2018 11:00 AM, Conference Room 308 RE: HB 1932, HD1, Relating to Emergency Rules by Agencies Attention: Chair Sylvia Luke, Vice Chair Ty Cullen and members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committees support for HB 1932, HD1. HB 1932, HD1 is designed to ensure that when unexpected events arise that the appropropriate state agencies are authorized to adopt emergency rules that temporarily address the circumstances. UHPA [...]

HOU FIN HB 1929, HD1 HLRB Emergency Rules

The House Committee on Finance Wednesday, February 28, 2018 11:00 AM, Conference Room 308 RE: HB 1929, HD1 Relating to the Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board Attention: Chair Sylvia Luke, Vice Chair Ty Cullen and members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to pass HB 1929, HD1.  HB 1929, HD1 recognizes there are circumstances that necessitate a proactive approach to allowing a duly established state entity, the Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board, to have emergency rulemaking [...]

HOU FIN HB 2114, HD1 Collective Bargaining Permissive Language

The House Committee on Finance Thursday, February 22, 2018 1:30 PM, Conference Room 308 RE: HB 2114, HD1 Relating to Collective Bargaining Attention: Chair Sylvia Luke, Vice Chair Ty Cullen and members of the Committee The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support HB 2114, HD1.  This will bring clarity to Chapter 89 by recognizing that negotiations may take place on the effect and consequences of management  decisions relating to the terms and conditions of employment. In [...]

SEN Labor and Judiciary SB 2369 Proposed SD1 Relating to DFR

The Senate Committee on Labor The Senate Committee on Judiciary Thursday, February 15, 2018 2:45 PM, Conference Room 229 RE: SB 2369 Proposed SD1 Relating to Public Employees Attention: Chairs Jill Tokua, Brian Taniguchi; Vice Chairs J. Kalani English, Karl Rhoads and members of the respective Committees The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) strongly encourages the committees to support SB 2369 S.D.1 as a means to ensure the financial integrity of UHPA so it may fulfill its statutory duty to represent [...]

SEN HRE/LAB SB 2585 Grad Student

The Committee on Higher Education and The Senate Committee on Labor Tuesday, February 13, 2018 2:45 PM, Conference Room 229 RE: SB 2585 Relating to Collective Bargaining Attention:  Chairs Kai Kahele and Jill Tokuda, Vice Chairs Donna Mercado Kim and Kalani English and  Members of the respective Committees The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) urges the committee to support passage of SB 2585 that amends Section 89-6 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statute to create bargaining unit 15, allowing full-time graduate [...]

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