There were no funds to support any laborer with Health & Welfare, Vacation, and Pension. In 1955, a general laborer was paid $1.46 an hour. Conception of the Hawaii Laborers’ Union consisted of just a handful of workers in a one room office located at the old McCandless Building in Honolulu. Local 368 was chartered on Decemby Elmo Samson, Norman Janicki, Sr., Salvador Ambrocio and Benjamin Saguibo.
The work performed by Laborers is very physical and it includes digging, carrying, pulling and bending–usually outside in all kinds of weather for long hours at a time. Environmental laborers do asbestos removal, hazardous waste and radiation clean-up. In building construction and housing, Laborers’ work includes excavation, footing and foundations, carpenter tending, compaction, concrete placement, power and hand tools, general clean-up and mason tending for bricklayers.
LIUNA members have helped lay down new highways, build spectacular bridges, dig tunnels and subways, build new plants, factories, dams and power plants, and erect new schools, churches, hospitals and houses. LIUNA represents members working in construction, environmental remediation, maintenance, food service, health care, clerical and other occupations, as well as in state, local and municipal government jobs and as mail handlers in the U.S.
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