




Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) and United Pubilc Workers (UPW) leaders meet with AFSCME International leaders regarding affiliation, January 1971. Seated at the table, from left: Ronald Hirano, HGEA treasurer; Agnes Ross Rosa, UPW secretary-treasurer; Herbert Gonsalves, president of UPW; David Trask, Jr., executive director of HGEA; Father Albert Blatz, AFSCME International vice president; Jerry Wurf, AFSCME International president; Henry Epstein, state director of UPW; Charles Holt, president of HGEA.