Posing with their son Clyde Silva, an officer of the Pahala ILWU Pensioners Club, are the Big Island’s longest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. George Silva. They were married October 25, 1947 and are also members of the Pahala Club. The Labor Day Pensioners Picnic was held at ILWU Hilo Hall on August 27, 2011. The retirees enjoyed live entertainment, games, raffles, dancing and a box lunch.
Ricardo Fermin, age 91, and Florence Kati, age 87, were honored as the oldest man and woman at the Kauai Division Pensioners Picnic. Hundreds of ILWU retirees attended the annual picnic hosted by the Kauai Division on August 13, 2011, at the ILWU Hall in Lihue, Kauai. The retirees enjoyed a box lunch, live music, games, and door prizes.
17th Oahu fishing tournament reels ‘em in
(Above) First place went to Daven Tong (pictured with wife Shirley) and Servco’s “Power On” team. Regular participants Wilfred Tsuda and Dennis Yoshimura of Sodexho POM’s “Manaopa‘a” took second place with a catch that included a nice-sized palani (below).
(Above) “Team Foodland” took second place and was represented by Roy Tachino at the weigh in. (Below) Fourth place winners “Satoichi,” represented by Clayton Anderson and Ronald Sato of Servco Pacific, Inc.
Hyatt Maui Spa workers join ILWU
Over 50 masseurs and spa workers of the Hyatt Maui voted to join the ILWU in July 2011. They are currently meeting
Hawaii and Maui Division business agent replacements
Delbert DeRego, a business agent from Maui Division, replaced Hawaii Division Business Agent Elmer Gorospe effective September 15, 2011. Elmer resigned his position as Business Agent and returned to his job at Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut for personal reasons.
Steve West was appointed to replace the vacancy on Maui caused by Delbert’s reassignment to the Big Island.
If you have any questions or want to confirm the name of your new Business Agent, please call your Division office at: Hawaii (808) 935-3727 (Hilo Office) or (808) 244-9191 (Wailuku Office).
Support your fellow ILWU members, buy union products
Love’s Bakery no longer distributes the Hostess brand of snack products. Hostess products such as Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Snoballs are now distributed by the non-union Hawaii Foodservice Alliance, LLC, which is a major competitor of the unionized Love’s Bakery.
You can support your fellow ILWU members by buying Little Debbie Snacks and Mrs. Freshley products which includes velvet and chocolate cupcakes, banana pudding cakes, and chocolate and blueberry pies.
These products are distributed by unionized workers who earn good wages and benefits as the result of years of collective bargaining.
Love’s Bakery was organized by the ILWU in 1946 and employs over 260 workers on all major islands as drivers, thrift store clerks, and production workers at the Love’s bakery in Honolulu.
Buy fresh baked in Hawaii
Love’s bakes their bread fresh in Hawaii, but almost half of the bread sold in grocery stores are produced on the Mainland, frozen, shipped by container to Hawaii, thawed, then put on the grocery shelves. Hawaii Foodservice Alliance is the primary distributer of this frozen bread, and most consumers have no idea they are buying a previously frozen product. Many people freeze their left-over bread, and refreezing previously frozen bread can affect the texture and moisture content of the bread.
The ILWU believes that consumers have the right to know what they are buying and should be informed when the food they are buying has been previously frozen. The Food and Drug Administration already requires such labeling for meats and seafood. However, the ILWU was unsuccessful in passing a law which would require the proper labeling of frozen bread.
You might pay a little more for the fresh baked Love’s bread, but you will get a fresher bread, baked in Hawaii, and produced by unionized, ILWU members.
Bread products distributed by Love’s Bakery includes Milton’s Multi-Grain breads, Roman Meal, Hawaii’s Hearth Breads, Love’s Kids White Bread, and Love’s Bread in the famous red and white gingham wrapper.
Love’s also freshly bakes six varieties of donuts and four varieties of the single serving fruit pies—apple, chery, chocolate, and Bavarian Creme.
