ABOUT US

On July 1, 1952, IBEW Locals 1260 and 1357 merged, bringing together those members employed by Hawaiian Telephone Company (statewide), W.A. Ramsay, Molokai Electric Company, and Hawaiian Electric Company, all of which totaled nine units. On December 1, 1970, Units 1, 2, 3, and 4, created by the 1952 merger, dissolved and the 2,700 members of Hawaiian Telephone Company transferred to a re-chartered IBEW Local Union 1357. Today we have 10 Units with over 800 members.

On this page is contact information for our Executive Board. To find information for Local Union 1357 Representatives, visit our "Contact Us" page.

For a list of Shop Stewards, click here.

Executive Board

Executive Board Members, pictured left to right: Standing: Dillon "Kona" Fernandez, Hawaii County; Neal Katto, Treasurer; Jody Medeiros, Vice President; Craig Pruse, Maui County; Ronald "Miki" Keli'i, Recording Secretary; Troy Benevides, Business Manager Financial Secretary; Seated: James "JP" Pilgrim, Honolulu County; Bryan Carvalho, Kauai County; Darren Sakai, President; Lisa Taylor, Honolulu County; Nestor Suguitan, Honolulu County.

Did You Know?

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is as old as the commercial use of electricity itself. It is the oldest, as well as the largest, electrical union in the world.

Various histories of labor record no attempts to organize electrical workers during the experimental days of electricity. In 1844, the first telegraph wires were strung between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, carrying that famous message of Samuel Morse, "What hath God wrought?" This was the first electrical accomplishment of commercial importance. It changed the whole aspect of electricity, which most people believed to be an interesting but dangerous experiment.