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History of Local Union 1357
| Charter Date: |
July 1943
July 1952 -
Amalgamated with L.U. 1260
December 1970 -
Re-chartered as Local 1357
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| Classification: |
Telephone workers - First labor organization in the islands to
extend organization to all the islands in the group.
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| Initial Employer: |
Mutual Telephone
Company
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| Charter Officers: |
Solomon Aki,
President
John Rapozo,
Chairman, Kauai Unit
Louis Miranda,
Chairman, Oahu Unit
Henry Kalehuawehe,
Chairman, Maui Unit
Samuel Stevens,
Chairman, Hawaii Unit
Paul Kane, Recording
Secretary
Raymomd Pohaku,
Financial Secretary
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| 1943 |
September 16 -
Election held among 571 eligible telephone employees; 344
ballots for, 134 against, 2 challenged.
September 29 - L.U.
1357 certified by National Labor Relations Board
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| 1952 |
L.U. 1357 merged
with L.U. 1260
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| 1970 |
December 1 - L.U.
1357 rechartered.
Temporary officers:
Gilbert
Trinidad, President
Artemus
Naone, Vice President
Lucille
Chang, Recording Secretary
Nathalie
Stone, Treasurer
July
Simeona, Business Manager-Financial Secretary
John
Guzman, E/Board Member
George
Lonokapu, E/Board Member
Albert
Medeiros, Jr., E/Board Member
Warren
Ono, E/Board Member
Allen
Perkins, E/Board Member
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| 1975 |
January 4 - Birth of the Hawaii State Association of Electrical
Workers; officers included LU 1357 Business Manager John
Han as vice president. Delegates from LU's 1186, 1260 and 1357
attended.
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| 1983 |
Local establishes
scholarship program for its members and their children.
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| 1987 |
NLRB
certified LU 1357 as the bargaining representative for employees
of Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. on Saipan.
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| 1990 |
GTE
Hawaiian Telephone Co., Inc.
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| 1997 |
GTE
purchases Oahu Wireless; its employees become part of LU 1357's
bargaining unit. The purchase provides the opportunity for
members to become involved in the cable TV market, with the
potential for more jobs and advancement for the members as OW's
market expands.
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| 2000 |
Bell Atlantic and
GTE merge into one company renaming GTE Hawaiian Telephone
Co., Inc. into Verizon Hawaii, Inc.
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| 2005 |
Verizon Hawaii sold to the Carlyle Group, Carlyle renames
company Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. |
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