When people think of union towns, they usually think of steel mills, auto assembly plants, and manufacturing warehouses. Usually, their minds do not wander to wide-stretching beaches, active volcanos, or spirited luaus. But that’s what Hawaiʻi is: a union town, or union state to be more precise. Actually, it’s the most unionized state in the nation. A whopping 24.8 percent of Hawaiʻi’s workforce in 2025 were union members, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Compare that to New York, long thought of as a union stronghold, which takes second place at 21.3 percent.

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