Tentative Agreement: New FAQs about contract settlement; Facebook live briefing Wednesday afternoon, posted 4-24-2017

To: WIS Colleagues
From: HSTA
Date: 4-24-2017, 6:08 pm
Posted by Joy Grabar

New information: Contract FAQs released; Facebook live contract briefing Wednesday at 4 p.m. Here's the latest important information on our tentative agreement for you to review before our contract ratification vote Thursday, April 27. Here is a detailed list of FAQs based on questions HSTA has received since the tentative agreement was approved by the Board of Directors on Saturday. We are adding another way for members to learn about the new contract, in addition to the 27 briefings happening today through Wednesday. We will present an HSTA first -- a Facebook live briefing -- on Wednesday, April 26starting at 4 p.m. HSTA President Corey Rosenlee, Negotiations Chair Osa Tui and HSTA Chief Negotiator Andrea Eshelman will brief members on contract highlights and answer questions during this live briefing, which will be archived at HSTA's Facebook page and loaded onto HSTA's YouTube site for teachers to replay at a convenient time. Find your current salary on this new chart and see how much the step increases and across-the-board raises will hike your pay over the next four years: Read the 2017-2021 teacher salary schedule for 10-month and 12-month teachers.  Click here to see updated EUTF employer contribution information.  Read this summary of our tentative agreement. Read the detailed tentative agreement contract language. See the informational meeting schedule, ratification vote times and locations and voting procedures. Have any questions? Email negotiations@hsta.org. Mahalo! Copyright © 2017 Hawaii State Teachers Association, All rights reserved. Mahalo for your engagement. Our mailing address is: Hawaii State Teachers Association 1200 Ala Kapuna Street Honolulu, HI 96819