Union Activities
Last modified: January 12, 2012Follow the Money: HSTA Union Dues Go Largely to Union Payroll, Not to Benefit Teachers
Posted on April 24, 2006
Hawaii Teachers Demand New Election for Union Officers After Discovering Improprieties
Posted on April 17, 2006
NEA Boycotts Wal-Mart
Posted on August 24, 2005
The National Education Association initiates “Send Wal-Mart Back to School” campaign. By Michael Reitz…..
National Education Association’s New Business is All about Politics, Not Education
Posted on July 15, 2005
Only a handful of new business items discussed during the 2005 NEA Convention pertained to education…..
NEA Representative Assembly aka Political Fundraiser
Posted on July 9, 2005
Hawaii’s 60 member delegation joined nearly 8,000 union delegates to help fund NEA’s political agenda…..
Point-by-Point Comparison of HSTA and Hawaii Reporter Statements on the Ratified Teacher Contract
Posted on May 24, 2005
On Friday, April 29th, the Hawaii State Teachers’ Association (HSTA) Executive Director Joan Husted and HSTA President Roger Takabayashi appeared on the Rick Hamada morning radio program on KHVH 830AM to refute statements published in Hawaii Reporter regarding the teacher contract ratified this week…..
A Bad Bill for Hawaii’s Students, Taxpayers
Posted on May 15, 2005
Management decisions that impact individual public school communities should be made at the school level; at least, that is the consensus of those who supported Act 51 (2004) and school community councils (SCCs). …..
Contract Negates Community Decision-making Provision
Posted on April 26, 2005
The Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) reached a settlement agreement with the Lingle Administration on Friday, April 22, which includes a provision that allows the teachers’ union to override any decisions made by School Community Councils mandated under Act 51, the Reinventing Education Act……
