Thus, it is very fitting for the ILWU to have named their Honokaʻa Union Hall after Jack Wayne Hall a leader that epitomized the legacy and labor accomplishments of the ILWU. (Gerald De Mello, unpublished manuscript, 2015; NHERC, 2016) (Gerald De Mello, unpublished manuscript, 2015)Labor justice and equitable living conditions in Hawaiʻi for the many ethnic groups including the Hawaiians, and the immigrant groups of Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, and Koreans, among others working on commercial plantations, was a long time in coming. During the course of sugar strikes, it became evident that inter-ethnic organization was crucial to the labor movement’s success; it took two decades to break this ethnic barrier, resulting in a social revolution that united workers of all ethnicities. The 1958 Aloha Strike, which lasted four months, was damaging. Thirteen thousand and seven hundred workers struck, the sugar production fell by 50 percent, but the sugar cane was watered. So, both the ILWU and the sugar planters moved to reduce their adversarial role. Contract negotiations were conducted off-the-record, and grievance committees were formed in the spirit of cooperation between the two groups. The 1994 Shut Down Before the Final Harvest the Honokaʻa unit was called to a meeting at the Jack Wayne Hall building and told that the Hāmākua plantation was bankrupt and would be shutting down. The trustee appointed to see the final distribution of Hāmākua Sugar Company assets put the union on same footing as vendors waiting for payment of goods and services. The plantation workers were understandably concerned. When the severance package was negotiated the union received a percentage from the proceeds of last harvest. George Martin and other union officials asked “What were we going to do with the unit after the final harvest? What would we do with funds and how would we distribute them to the members?