Local unions and businesses donated time, expertise and materials valued at $55,000 (see list of supporters below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Labor of Love has been an extraordinary opportunity for the students of P\u0101hoa High and Intermediate School to work alongside and learn from an amazing group of workers, helping our students to realize that there are great opportunities for training and work right here in our home,\u201d P\u0101hoa High and Intermediate School Principal Kim Williamson said in a statement. \u201cWe are truly grateful for the help, expertise and materials that the unions and businesses have graciously provided to our school and it has been an honor to work with the unions and businesses and to build lasting partnerships for our students and community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HIDOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi and Hawai\u2018i State AFL-CIO President Randy Perreira joined volunteers on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLabor of Love is a powerful example of how we can come together as a community to support student learning in meaningful ways,\u201d Superintendent Hayashi said. \u201cThese hands-on experiences help our students see real career possibilities and build skills they can use in the future. A big mahalo to our union partners and all the volunteers who gave their time and talents to support our students and school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Labor of Love is about more than just improving a campus \u2014 it\u2019s about planting seeds for the future, exposing students to careers they can thrive in and build a life here at home,” Perreira added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Past Labor of Love projects include Waim\u0101nalo Elementary and Intermediate, Wai\u02bbanae Elementary, Kalihi Elementary, Chiefess Kapi\u02bbolani Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Wailuku Elementary, \u02bb\u012aao Intermediate and Dole Middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2025 Labor of Love supporters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Goodfellow Bros. International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 126 Students at P\u0101hoa High and Intermediate School recently got a hands-on lesson in skilled trades while helping to improve their own campus through the 2025 Labor of Love: Union Workforce Development project. The annual initiative, led by the Hawai\u02bbi State Department of Education\u2019s Workforce Development Branch and the Hawai\u02bbi State AFL-CIO\u2019s Labor Community Services Program, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":10964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"15630,9981,16234,9837,8881,888","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5127-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Nanea Ching","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/author\/nanea-chingk12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":305,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":305,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 17:50:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Hawaii AFL-CIO
Hawaii Community Foundation
Hawaii Electricians Training Program
Hawaii Fire Fighters Association Local 1463
Hawaii Government Employees Association Local 152
Hawaii Nurses Association OPEIU Local 50
Hawaii State Teachers Association
HPM Building Supply
Inlandboatmens’ Union
IATSE Local 665
IBEW Local 1186
IBU
ILWU Local 142
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 665
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1186<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, DC-50
Isemoto Contracting Co.
Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 368
Marimed Foundation
Marine Fireman’s Union
Masons Local 1
Nan Inc.
National Elevator Industry Educational Program
Okay Hardware
Operating Engineers Local 3
Plumbers & Fitters Union Local 675
Sailors of the Pacific
Seafarers Int’l Union
Tongue Point Job Corps Center
Unite Here Local 5
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