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HOW MUCH DID YOU KNOW?
Ofelia Ramales (right), head cashier and union steward at the Lahaina Foodland.
1) e. ILWU members work for all of the following companies: Hawaii Newspaper Agency, Maui Pineapple Company, King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, and Kauai Coffee Company.
2) ILWU 142’s longshore division is made up of Hawaii Stevedores, Inc., McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Co., Matson Terminals, Inc., Matson Navigation, Young Brothers Ltd., HT&T Longshore, Kahului Trucking & Storage,
3) b. Love’s Bakery sales/drivers have been ILWU members since 1966!
4) The Hilton Waikoloa Village is the company with the most ILWU members: 950 as of January 2001.
5) True—ILWU members work as hospital technicians at Kaiser.
6) Foodland ILWU members work at 23 stores statewide: Hawaii—Waimea; Maui—Kahului, Lahaina, Kihei, Pukalani; Kauai—Princeville, Waipouli; Oahu—Aina Haina Shopping Center, Ala Moana Center, Beretania, Dillingham, Ewa Town Center, Koko Marina, Kailua, Kaneohe, Laie, Liliha, Market City, Mililani, Pearl City Shopping Center, Pupukea, Wahiawa, Waipio Gentry.
7) The following are just some ILWU unionized golf courses: Kings and Beach Courses at Waikoloa, North and South Courses at Mauna Lani, Pukalani Country Club, Grand Waikapu Golf Course, Kapalua Golf Course, Dunes at Maui Lani, Kukuiolono Golf Course, Kiahuna Golf Club, Poipu Bay Resort Golf Course, Luana Hills Country Club, Waikele Golf Club, Turtle Bay Resort Golf Club, and Pearl Country Club.
8) Longshoremen in Hilo were the first workers in Hawaii to have an ILWU contract.
9) Sugar is still grown on Maui at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. (HC&S) on Kauai at Gay & Robinson Inc.
10. True.