New industrial groupings, Lahaina focus of convention business
The 30th Convention updated the Consitution to more accurately reflect the union’s industrial groupings. Resolutions focused on Lahaina fires and honored the union’s longtime accountant, Lowell Nagaue. A summary of constitutional amendments and resolutions are provided below.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
C-1 ARTICLE III: Local Negoti ating Committees and Caucuses (Composition of Industry-Wide Caucuses) This constitutional amendment creates an “Agricultural Industrial Grouping” to include agricultur al units such as macadamia nuts, coffee, and nurseries, with each unit having at least one delegate. It replaces the outdated “Pineapple Industrial Grouping” due to the decline in pineapple operations and membership. The amendment also establishes a “Health Care Industri al Grouping” to reflect the growing healthcare industry, ensuring ade quate representation for healthcare workers. Both new groupings will follow the same delegate represen tation formula used for the Tourism grouping. C-2 ARTICLE III: Local Negoti ating Committees and Caucuses (Composition of Industry-Wide Negotiating Committee) The amendment ensures that each unit in the new Agriculture and Health Care industrial groupings has a delegate to industry-wide negotiating committees, with addi tional representation based on the Tourism grouping’s formula.
C-3 ARTICLE III: Local Negoti ating Committees and Caucuses (Composition of Negotiating Committee) The amendment ensures that each unit in the new Agriculture and Health Care industrial groupings has a delegate to non industry-wide negotiating committees, with addi tional representation based on the Tourism grouping’s formula. C-4 ARTICLE V: Titled Officers & ARTICLE X: Duties of Officers The term “field representatives” is replaced with “local representa tives” throughout the Constitution to reflect current usage. C-5 ARTICLE VII: Local Execu tive Board The make-up of the Local Execu tive Board reflects the added Agri cultural and Health Care industrial groupings, changing the Industrial Grouping representation, Division Directors, Division Trustees, and Division Board members from 4 to 5. C-6 ARTICLE XII: International Executive Board Representation for the International Executive Board reflects the added Agricultural and Health Care indus trial groupings.
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 Resolution Recognizing Lowell Nagaue The ILWU Local 142, its members and Officers, extend its deepest condolences to his wife, Joy Ann, his children, Gavin and Jill Ann, and to the rest of the Nagaue family and confers on Lowell Nagaue a posthumous Honorary Member ship. R-2 Resolution in Support of our Workers Affected by the Lahaina Wildfires Pledges to monitor the effects of the Lahaina Wildfires closely to ensure our members receive proper assistance with long-term hous ing and other support, as needed. Pledges to remind corporate owners and managers that workers’ rights must be fully recognized and seri ously taken into consideration. R-5 Resolution in Memoriam of Retiree and Member Victims of the Lahaina Wildfires Fondly remembers our members and retirees who passed in the Lahaina wildfires and honors them for their service to the ILWU Local 142, with a plaque containing all of their names to be forever mounted at the Maui ILWU Hall. May they all rest in peace, and may we go forward to make them all proud.
R-5 cont.
Members
Lydia Coloma
Marilou Dias
Junmark Quijano
Eugene Recolizado
Maria Victoria Recolizado
Danilo Sagudang
Retirees
Alredo Galinato
Morris Kaita
Lynn Manigog
Bernard Portabes
Conchita Sagudang
Freeman Tam Lung
Carlo Florante Vagay Tobias
R-6 Resolution in Recognition of
the Hawaii Longshore Division
Recognizes and honors the Ha
waii Longshore Division, Brandon
Wolff, Division Director Dustin
Dawson, Brad Scott and Jackie
Kaaihue for their unwavering sup
port to our members and commu
nity who were negatively impacted
by the disaster.
R-7 Resolution in Recognizing
West Coast Locals
Express the ILWU Local 142’s
deep gratitude to our West Coast
brothers and sisters who selflessly
and tirelessly worked to support
Maui Division and enters into offi
cial record of the ILWU Local 142
for their exceptional service to our
Union and Community.