HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly 13,000 public school teachers and 3,100 University of Hawaii faculty members are threatening to strike Thursday unless the state meets their pay demands.
A strike would affect 182,328 public school students and 41,933 university students. Parents and schools have been scrambling to find alternatives for their children.
Hawaii's teachers earn between $29,000 and $58,000 annually.
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The state's latest offer would give teachers an average 11 percent pay increase over two years, with bigger increases to new teachers to help recruiting in the face of a growing teacher shortage.