IBEW LOCAL UNION 1357

History of Local Union 1357

Charter Date:

July 1943 July 1952 - Amalgamated with L.U. 1260 December 1970 - Re-chartered as Local 1357

Classification:

Telephone workers - First labor organization in the islands to extend organization to all the islands in the group.

Initial Employer:	Mutual Telephone Company
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
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
1952	L.U. 1357 merged with L.U. 1260
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
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.
1983	Local establishes scholarship program for its members and their children.
1987	NLRB certified LU 1357 as the bargaining representative for employees of Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. on Saipan.
1990	GTE Hawaiian Telephone Co., Inc.
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.
2000	Bell Atlantic and GTE merge into one company renaming GTE Hawaiian Telephone Co., Inc.  into Verizon Hawaii, Inc.
2005	Verizon Hawaii sold to the Carlyle Group, Carlyle renames company Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc.