PBS Hawaiʻi documentary features social activist UH’s McElrath
Former UH Mānoa professor and labor leader Ah Quon McElrath is the focus of a new documentary that will air on PBS Hawaiʻi on October 17, 2024.
Hirono tours UH West Oʻahu creative media facility, organic garden, more
U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono learned more about UH West Oʻahu’s sustainable agriculture and digital media programs.
Amazon Labor Union president featured at livestream event
LaborFest Hawaiʻi will be live streamed on Thursday, September 15, from 6 to 7 p.m.
Nation’s ‘most powerful flight attendant’ speaks on health and safety
Sara Nelson shared national efforts to protect workers in the transportation industry at the CLEAR virtual event.
Isami Enomoto mural restoration project earns award for UH West Oʻahu labor center
An effort to rescue, restore and install labor murals by noted Hawaiʻi ceramic artist Isami Enomoto has earned UH West Oʻahu’s Center for Labor Education and Research a Preservation Award from the Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation.
Canefield Songs screened at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
The documentary explores the lives of Japanese plantation workers in Hawaiʻi.
Maui plantation swim team documentary at HIFF
Preserving Olympic Dreams and Plantation Memories documentary features never-before-seen film, videos and full length interviews that documents Hawaiʻi’s plantation era.
Center for Labor Education and Research nationally recognized for documenting Hawaiʻi labor movement
UH West Oʻahu’s Center for Labor Education and Research wins 2016 Reference and User Services Association John Sessions Memorial Award.
Songs of Japanese plantation workers focus of UH West Oʻahu documentary
Co-produced by UH West Oʻahu, Canefield Songs: Holehole Bushi tells the story of Japanese immigrant workers through their songs.
