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Siak ni Ilokano ken igpilko a saluyot iti Kailokuan ditoy Hawaii

(Second part of a series)

WEN, dakami nga agiburburnay iti bennal ti unas nga agbalin a basi. Aglebbek iti bunga ti samak, ukis ti kariskis, aggelgel ti nagango a bulong ti samak a rekado ti aramidenmi a basi. Bigat malem a kiwarenmi dagiti bennal a nagyan iti burnay. Ket no lumneden dagiti rekado a lumansad iti tukot ti burnay, basin. No mapagbayag bassit, tay kunadan nga uming-ingel umim-imas.

Kunada pay a kaimasan a basi ti adda parana. Taog dita iti sabot ti niog. Naimas a balon iti pagraepan no kasdiay a maikarga iti bayengyeng a naaramid manipud iti nabaneg a kawayan. Dengngep ti lamiis ken pagpapudot ket naturturedka la ngaruden, lumaingka pay nga agraep. Ditaak talon ken bnagkag a nagubing ken nagbarito.

Iit aganayen a 45 a tawenkoiti ballasiw ti taaw, siak pay la daydi agsidsida ti saluyot ken rabong. Adda bugguongna ken adda pay patis ken asinna tapno kompleto latta ti rekado a kas met iti kompleto, awan kurangko nga Ilokano

Kalpasan ti dua a tawen itan a saanak nga agtrabaho, adda latta dagiti umay kaniak nga agpaitarus kadagiti polieto ken pakdaar iti publiko.

Iti nanumo a panangipapanko, ti pagsasaok nga Ilokano ti nangidur-as kaniak kadagiti naglasatak a trabaho.

Nagpaayak a Union Organizer, Laborers’ International Union of North America [LIUNA] Local 368 Hawaii Chapter as Union Representative;

Datiak nga Employment Consultant, Dept of Labor & Industrial Relations/Workforce Development Division, Oahu Work Link 2000-2005;

Datiak nga  Employment Specialist, DLIR 1995-2000;

Nagpaayak a Personnel Director, Helemano Plantation 1991-1994;

Paset ti trabahok ti pannakaipataray ti inaldaw nga operasion ti kompania. Preliminary interview, interview proper, hire and fire, disciplinary action kadagiti medio nadungos nga empleado. Agipablaak no ania dagiti trabaho a silulukat iti kompania. Mangtaming kadagiti benepisio dagiti empleado a pakairamanan ti insurance, health and medical coverage, dadduma pay.

Datiak a Housing & Safety Coordinator, Employee Relations Dept, Oahu Sugar 1984-1990;

Did relocation, sales, interview, job placement;

Administer test on Apprenticeship Program, DLIR/Union;

Conduct workshops on How to Go for Job Interview, write resume, job search and labor market information;

Attended various employment work related seminar/workshops;

Survey Interviewer, Media/Communication East-West Center;

Field utility worker, irrigator, drip irrigator, warehouse, stock, inventory, driver/delivery, laboratory & timekeeper clerk, personnel clerk, Oahu Sugar, Disco Mart, Mid-Town Radio;

Appointment/s:

Gapu ti Bannawag, immaktibo met ti Ilocos Surian Assn of Hawaii gapu iti it-itedna a gundaway a maipablaak. 

Agsuratak latta iti salaysay maipapan iti Filipino Community Center, Philippine Cultural Foundation of Hawaii, dagiti Parents of the Year, dagiti mutia ken Salip dagiti mimisis.

Adda dagiti gundaway a makasarakak iti kailokanuan iti tianggi a paggatangan, ne, dakayo gayam, kunada. Uray iti trabahok kas Employment Consultant iti Dept of Labor and Industrial Relations, State of Hawaii, ne, dakayo gayam ti nabayagen a basbasaenmi ti sursuratenna, kuna dagiti makakita kaniak, aglalo kadagiti Ilokano a sangsangpet no kasdiay a makasarangmi ida babaen man iti job interview wenno iti Job Search, Job Placement, Resume Writing wenno Worker Profiling Workshop a linawas nga aramidenmi a nayon ti serbisio ken programa iti Oahu Worklinks [OWL] tapno maammuanda dagiti nadumaduma a programa ti Employment Business.

Gapu iti kina-Ilokanok, ammok a napateg ti pagsasao nga Ilokano ta nairamanak a maysa kadagiti kameng ti Rapid Response Team iti Workforce Development Division iti State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations. Trabahomi ti mapan mangtulong kadagiti maikkat iti trabahoda no adda dagiti saklawen ti Reduction In Force [RIF] wenno marikpan a kompania.[company closure]

No dadduma pay, maawaganak nga agipatarus no adda dagiti Ilokano a kasarita dagiti adda iti unemployment  ta agaplikarda iti Insurance Claim, dagiti napukawan iti trabaho gapu iti lay-off, wenno disclocated workers dagiti nagserra a kompania.

Akuek, iti kina-Ilokanok ti nangyasideg kaniak kadagiti nadumaduma a grupo, tao ken propesional, politiko ken adda iti ranggo iti gobierno. Babaen iti kolumko a Pitik ken Karasakas iti Bannawag Hawaii Bureau, Inc., Postmark: Hawaii, ken Ditoy Hawaii, naisurat dagiti nadumaduma a kadaraan iti ania man nga agpang ti gimong a yanda, ket maibilang ni naggobernador Benjamin Jerome Cayetano, Ambassador Minerva Falcon, Consul General Rolando Gregorio, Pedro Chan, ken dagiti mutia ken reyna dagiti organisasion. Ni Young magician Gerald Rojo II, the Sanchez Sisters singers, dagiti sakada, dagiti Outstanding Business Men and Women, iti Filipino Chamber of Commerce, ken adu pay.

Makipartisiparak latta iti:

Gumil International Conference 2002 KEN 2006.

Idi naangay ti umuna a komperensia ti Gumil nga inesponsoran ti Gumil Oahu idi Nobiembre 2002, intedmi met ti panawen gapu ti pateg dagiti kakabsat a mannurat, delegado, ken ti proyekto ti gunglo a naminsan met nga indauluanmi. Yawatmi ti kablaaw kadagiti kakabsat iti Gumil Oahu.  Kasta man met laengen idi Setiembre 2006.

Gumil Hawaii.
Tunggal Setiembre, saanko met a maliwayan ti makiseminar iti Gumil Hawaii. Mairana pay no dadduma nga adda dagiti kakabsat a mannurat iti Filipinas kas kada Appo Jose Bragado, Dr. Crispina Bragado, Peter La Julian ken ni Mrs. Estelita La Julian, Severino Pablo. Maipapan iti panagsurat iti  Daniw, salaysay, damag wenno  biyograpia, wenno sarita ti maited kadakami ni Mrs. Pacita Saludes a pakiseminarmi.

Gumil Oahu Literary Workshop.
Itay la Setiembre 22, 2007, naangay ti Literary Seminar Workshop iti Philippine Consulate General.
Ditoy a nagsarita dagiti kakabsat iti Gumil Filipinas.

Oahu Filipino Community Council.
2001 idi pinili ti Oahu Filipino Council of Hawaii ti Gumil Oahu a kas TOP 10 UNIT ORGANIZATION: leadership, participation, ongoing projects, iti dagup iti aganay a 77 units. Napili pay ti GO a TOP 3 ORGANIZATION iti kategoria iti Culture and Arts – 2001. Napili toy numok a kas VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 2001-2003. Nadutokanak a Chairman iti Filipino Sakada Centennial Celebration AdHoc Committee.

United Filipino Council of Hawaii
2000 idi pinilinak ti UFCH kas Progress Award iti kategoria iti Media ken Communication.. Partisipasion ken agtultuloy a kinaaktibo iti panagsurat ken iti media ta patiek a kangrunaan a nagbatayanda. Adda ngamin programak iti KNDI Radio a managan iti “AMADO YORO AT YOUR SERVICE” 1990-1994 [kas tuloy daydi programak iti KISA Radio idi 1979-1981 a Community Affairs Program” Public service ken community service dagitoy a programa. Malaksid a nagpaayak pay a kas Publicity Committee, babaen iti administrasion ni Pete Ramos iti dua daras, Maggie Domingo iti namindua a daras,[1990=92’1996-98] namindua met iti administrasion ni Don Alvarez,[1998-2000;].Dwayne Bueno [2001-2003]  nagpaayak pay a Membership Committee iti administrasion ni Bert Ugalino [1986-88] iti dua a daras. Scholarship Committee iti administrasion ni Cisco Ugale.[1984-86]
(To be continued)

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