Members at the caucus Front L-R: Emmanuel Baltazar (Maui Business Agent), Annie Dickinson, Chair (#27 Pupukea), James Villegas (#19 Mililani), Sierra Delgado (#24 Pukalani), Dona Hamabata (#8 Kaneohe), Anabel Cardenas (#18 Dillingham), Ruby Shimabukuro (#1 Market City), Jaslyn Laurito (#8 Kaneohe), Cindy Caravalho (#38 Waimea), Local President Donna Domingo.
On June 18th, over 40 ILWU members, pensioners, and supporters gathered at the Ballantyne memorial at New Brighton Park in Vancouver, BC to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier and remember the militant history of Vancouver waterfront workers.
Recognizing the First Nations
Joulene Parent from Local 500 opened the event by acknowledging that the event was held on the unceded land of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
The top executive officers of ILWU Local 142 are the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary-Treasurer.
In addition to their individual duties, the officers work collectively as a three-person team called the “Titled Officers.” Together they direct and coordinate the work of the union and all other officers. They work out of the Honolulu Office.
Hawaii Division’s main union hall is in Hilo at 100 West Lanikaula Street. There is also a smaller Kona office at 74-5565 Luhia Street Kaiwi Square.
Elmer Gorospe, Jennifer Yadao and George Martin work out of the Hilo office and can usually be reached there at 808-935-3727. Michael Dela Cruz, Roselyn Molina, and Tristie Licoan work out of the Kona office and can be reached at 808-329-2070.
Maui Division, which includes the islands of Molokai and Lanai, holds the largest membership with over 7,000 of our 18,000 members.
A large portion of Maui’s membership used to come from sugar. Sugar did not last as a viable industry for Hawaii’s economy, and the state’s last sugar plantation, Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (HC&S), closed in 2016.
Oahu Division is located at 451 Atkinson Drive in Honolulu. Oahu is the second largest division of the ILWU Local 142 with close to 5,000 members. Over half of Oahu’s members work in the general trades industrial grouping, with Foodland Super Market being the largest employer.
PAMELA GREEN
Division Director
Pamela got her start in the ILWU in 1980 as a Foodland Waipouli cashier. Pamela was elected as Local Trustee in 2003, and served as Unit Chair until 2004.
1) Your Local Titled Officers President Donna Domingo, Vice President Corinna Nguyen and Secretary-Treasurer Brian Tanaka assisting with assembling food boxes with volunteers from Kaiser at Oahu’s first food drive at the ILWU
Dave Mori was a man of few words, but he “walked the talk.” Instead of talk, he believed in action and never asked anyone to do anything he would not be willing to do himself. His work ethic was unquestionable, his integrity unparalleled, his heart was enormous. Dave retired as Oahu Division Director in 2013 and passed away on July 3, 2020. Dave was my beloved husband of 43 years.
said ILWU International President Willie Adams, who was invited to speak from the fl atbed truck by Local 10 and 34 leaders as thousands of marchers assembled to commemorate Juneteenth on a sunny morning outside the Port of Oakland’s SSA Terminal.
“Young people are taking to the streets all over the world. They are militant; they are smart, and they are marching without apology,” said Adams, who was accompanied by International Secretary-Treasurer Ed Ferris and International Executive Board member Melvin Mackay.