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UHPA: 50 Years of Strength In Numbers

Next year, UHPA celebrates its 50th anniversary as the exclusive bargaining agent for UH faculty. It’s a huge milestone. While UHPA has evolved over the years, it has and always will be driven by the fact that there is strength in numbers and that delivering competitive wages, better working conditions, protecting academic freedom and governance for faculty must be of foremost importance. Recognizing The Need to Organize Since 1970 A historical trip back into time shows that when the Hawai‘i State Legislature [...]

2023-11-08T10:54:19-10:00October 30, 2023|Affiliation, Frontpage, Newsletter, Why UHPA|

The Cost of Not Joining UHPA

Guest post by UHPA Member Randy Hirokawa, In my formative years as a young assistant professor, I admit not being a proponent of faculty unions. I believed in the integrity of universities, and the administrators who ran them. I believed that if you did your work well, you would steadily climb the tenure and promotion ladder and be rewarded appropriately. All of that changed in 1986. Allow me to tell you my story. I started as an assistant professor Upon receiving my [...]

2019-11-05T14:59:39-10:00November 13, 2019|Commentary, Frontpage, Newsletter, Why UHPA|
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