A District Council 50 OSHA 30-hour course was held in February. Successfully completing the course were the following painters and tapers: Byron Alop, Rommel Diaz, Jeremy Duarte, Glenn Keohohou, Jr., Grant Shiroma, Robert Verano, Roland Yamashiro, Darrell Yambaw, Orlando Gapusan and Benjamin Ladera.
District Council 50, through a partnership with the state of Hawaii has begun training workers in Green Construction. This course has been added to our standard HazLead class in 2011. The photo was taken at the first class on January 8, 2011.
The course prepares the worker for the special conditions that green and LEED projects [...]
During the months of November and December, the Annual Painters Local Union 1791 Christmas meetings were held, and this year was no exception. District Council 50 traveled throughout the state to spread a message of encouragement and address issues ranging from the state of our economy to signs of a recovery. Members were informed that [...]
Jesper Aguado, Jason Bartels, Colin Basilio, Matthew Brighter, Terrence Derby, Jr., Casey Fujishige, Branden Galapia, Rickey Johnson, Gabriel Kaaiohelo, Jr., Shelden Kahaleua, Kaycee Kaina, Leo Lee, Edward May, Michael McCue, Matthew Miranda, Joseph Nullar, Jr., George Pagan, III, Scott Ramos, Nathan Rhoads, Anthony Santiago, JunCarlo Utleg, and Dale Valledor
Staff: Lynn Kinney, Michael Bush, Wayne Konishi, [...]
The Painters Union recognized 3 apprentices who won the Apprentice Achievement Award for the Fall 2010 semester. They are (l-r) Ernest Santiago Jr. (A & J Painting), Terrence Derby Jr. (Endo Painting) and Jason Bartels (M. Shiroma Painting). Derby has won the award 2 times and Bartels has won it 3 times.
These apprentices were selected [...]
On December 5, 2009, the Painters Union held a graduation ceremony for 43 apprentices at Honolulu Community College. Apprentices were honored for completing their related instruction and good attendance records. Eight apprentices from the graduating class had perfect attendance without missing a day of school for their entire apprenticeship. Congratulations!
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Responding to the call for help from Iwalani Tseu, the Painters Local Union 1791 volunteered their time to paint the interior of the Women’s Support Center in Ewa. Executive Board members, Randy Takayama, Kurt Nishimura and others donated their time and energy to give back to a well deserving cause and to the community. This [...]
One year ago in September 2009 the ground breaking ceremony was held for Kapolei High School’s (KHS) full-scale construction project built entirely by KHS Woodshop students. This first of its kind, full-scale construction project encompasses two portable classrooms. The construction consists of all phases of planning from groundwork to roofing. Instructor Brian Ichida [...]
District Council 50’s Retirees’ Club President and Painters Local Union 1791 member Robert “Bob” Ha must have wondered why he had received a personal invitation from IUPAT General President James A. Williams to attend the 2009 IUPAT General Convention in Las Vegas. Sure, he and Jimmy Williams had become friends over the years, but why [...]
The Painters AAA winners for the Spring 2009 semester were recognized on August 8, 2009, the first day of the Fall semester. In order to become a AAA winner you must excel in the following:
Perfect attendance or on-time self-study assignments
Excellent notes and assignments
Excellent instructor rating
Excellent employer rating
An A+ written essay
Congratulations [...]