Dayton M. Nakanelua
The United Public Workers extends a warm welcome from Our Union, Our Family. The Henry B. Epstien Building, our headquarters named for the first State Director of United Public Workers, is on Oahu at 1426 North School Street. Our building, distinguished with murals by world famed artist Jean Charlot, tells our story. The murals, featuring our founding members in action, chronicle the struggle by the United Public Workers to win fair wages and benefits for workers in the blue collar non-supervisory and institutional healthcare fields. It is a story of families and extended families who came together, as a community, to fight for a basic human right: fair treatment on the job. We live by our motto, “Our Union, Our Family”, and if you are a part of our community, you are a part of our family and our history.
It truly is a Proud History and a legacy that must be perpetuated, and it takes all of us, working together, to ensure the dreams of our kupuna live on for our keiki.
I invite you into our lobby for a brochure about our murals the next time you pass the Henry B. Epstien Building. We also have division offices on the islands of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii Island, with our Oahu and Private Sector Divisions operating out of our headquarters (contact information below).
Me ke aloha pumehana,
Dayton M. Nakanelua
UPW State Director