this election. Workers in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Detroit, Las Vegas and elsewhere turned out in record numbers to reject the greed, cruelty and racism of the last four years” Adams said.
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Biden released his plan to help workers and support collective bargaining rights on his website (www.joebiden.com).
Some highlights from his labor agenda include:
• Financial penalties on companies that interfere with workers’ organizing efforts, including firing or otherwise retaliating against workers.
On June 29, 2020, Local 142 Sports Coordinators decided to cancel all Statewide Local Sports Tournaments for golf, basketball & softball.
The COVID-19 pandemic strained inter-island travel by requiring 14-day quarantines and other social distancing practices implemented by the Governor’s proclamations. If a Division wanted to host a tournament for their Division only, they had the option to do so.
Left photo: Joel Galarse Unit 1403 Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Services, Zachary Tomlinson Unit 4402 Love’s Bakery, Michael Carlos Unit 1518 The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort, Devon Fernandez Unit 1518. Middle photo: Hawaii Longshore Division Team Peter Paulo, Mike Ka’apuni, Froy Smith, Kanoa Yamaguchi.
Local 142’s brave Union brothers and sisters in healthcare
ILWU Local 142 is proud to represent over 1,000 members statewide in the healthcare industry. In the last issue of the VOICE, we highlighted our grocery store workers on the frontlines at our union shops Foodland and Sack N Save. In this issue, we want to honor and acknowledge the tireless efforts of the men and women who are helping us keep safe and healthy in these uncertain and challenging times.
When it comes to operations as large-scale as hospitals, many departments are needed to help it function. Our healthcare units could not run smoothly without the work of our Union members behind the scenes in the medical field that perform the countless duties that healthcare requires in order to be effective.
HONOLULU — Union-wide elections held in November 2021 elected 28 full-time officers, 12 members to the Local Executive Board, and 11 delegates to the International Convention. Election results were announced on December 15, 2021.
Titled Officers The seats of Local President and Local Secretary-Treasurer will be seeing new faces.
Longshore Oahu member Christian West won the race for Local President, and Longshore Maui member Michael Victorino, Jr. was newly elected to the role of Local Secretary-Treasurer.
Titled Officers The seats of Local President and Local Secretary-Treasurer will be seeing new faces.
Longshore Oahu member Christian West won the race for Local President, and Longshore Maui member Michael Victorino, Jr. was newly elected to the role of Local Secretary-Treasurer.
On October 11th, ILWU President Willie Adams received a call that he won't soon forget: "First thing in the morning on Indigenous Peoples' Day, I received a call from Biden Administration Port Envoy John Porcari on behalf of the President asking if I could fly to Washington and join him for a meeting with the White House," President Adams recalled. "My response was yes.'
