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Convention who publicly declares an intention to run for International office may request from the International Union a list of accredited delegates to the International Convention at any time within thirty (30) days prior to the Convention. A list of addresses of those delegates will also be available at the International Union for inspection. The International Union will not provide copies of the addresses of delegates or members of the Union.
Any accredited delegate to the International Convention who publicly declares an intention to run for International office may designate an individual to view on his/her behalf, the list of accredited delegates to the Convention with the following provisions: 1) The candidate must specify in writing the name of the individual designated to view the delegate list and the writing must be signed by the delegate; 2) the individual so designated by a
candidate must be an ILWU member in good standing; 3) the rules governing the inspection of the delegate list will apply to the designated representative; and 4) if the candidate’s designated representative inspects the delegate list, that will constitute the candidate’s permitted one inspection of the delegate list.
The custodians of the Convention delegate list are International Director of Educational Services Robin Walker (Robin.Walker@ ilwu.org) and International General Counsel Lindsay Nicholas (Lindsay. Nicholas@ilwu.org) located at the ILWU Headquarters at 1188 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, California. For inspections, please contact the custodians of the Convention delegate list. Inspections of the delegate list may only occur during regular business hours between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., and between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Nominations and primary election for the office of the Coast Longshore Division’s two (2) Coast Committeeman positions will take place during the Coast Longshore Division Caucus, which will convene on Monday, June 24, 2024 and close on about Friday, June 28, 2024. The Longshore Division Caucus will also be held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC. Longshore Division Caucus elected delegates have the right to nominate candidates for the two positions of Coast Committeeman. Nominations shall be from the floor and shall be conducted separately for each position. No person may be a nominee for more than one Coast Committeeman position. There shall be no limit to the number of nominees. No one not an accredited Caucus delegate from his or her own local may be nominated, except that an incumbent Coast Committeeman by virtue of having held office in the
previous term shall be eligible to be nominated for office. If necessary, a roll call vote will be held and the two (2) nominees receiving the highest number of votes per position shall be declared nominated by the primary election for placement on the membership referendum ballot. The nominees so elected in the primary election shall be placed on a referendum ballot for a vote of the entire Coast Longshore Division membership for final election.
Publicly declared candidates for the position of Coast Committeeman have the right to inspect the list of accredited delegates to the Coast Longshore Division Caucus at any time within thirty (30) days prior to the Caucus. The procedures for inspection shall be the same as those provided above with respect to nominations and primary elections held at the ILWU International Convention.
Local 142 Unit Action Updates
Maui
Super majority button-up at the Grand Wailea
Hawai’i
Welcome new Unit: Island Movers Hawaiʻi Isle
O’ahu
Union support for closed Wahiāwa General
Kaua’i
Wilcox wage adjustments address staffing issues
Negotiations continue at the Union’s largest Unit, the Grand Wailea Maui. A number of tentative agreements have been made on various items. The Union and the employer have exchanged economic proposals.

Meanwhile, the negotiation committee mobilized members in a week-long “button up”. Members of the Grand Wailea signed a petition committing to do what it takes to get the contract they deserve. In exchange they received an ILWU pin to wear proudly on their uniforms during negotiations.

On day 1 alone, 280 members of the over 700+ member Unit signed the petition and began wearing a button. By week’s end, over 500 members signed the petition and began wearing the pin.

The negotiation committee is working to schedule the next round of negotiations.
The newest Unit of the ILWU Local 142 comes out of the Hawaiʻi Division with Island Movers, Hawaiʻi Island.

Employees have been organizing to join the Union for some time. Local 142 already includes workers from Island Movers on Maui and Oʻahu.

One of the Hawaiʻi Island employees used to work on the “union side” on Oʻahu and saw the difference between a unionized workplace and a non-unionized workplace. The lack of protection and unequal pay between the two motivated employee organizing to join the ILWU.

After employees signed union authorization cards, Oʻahu Division Director Mike Yamaguchi and Local President Chris West met with the owner of Island Movers who agreed to voluntary recognition, which doesnʻt require a union election. the nest step is for the Unit to negotiatiate their first contract
Wahiawā General Hospital announced its sale to the Queen’s Medical Center, which took effect on April 2nd. Employees were laid off as the hospital prepared to close its doors.

Oʻahu Division Director Mike Yamaguchi, Wahiawā General’s BA, Dillon Hullinger and Member Services Specialist Cassandra Cockett coordinated a number of job fairs for displaced employees.

Mark Manard and Lisa Perriera from the American Job Center, and Scot Ling from the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Labor attended all three sessions, assisting members with the unemployment process and job placement preparation.

The Division is also going into impact bargaining with Wahiawā General to negotiate for the laid off members
Clinical Assistants and members in Environmental Services at Unit 3410-753 Wilcox Memorial recently won wage adjustments to address staffing issues.

With the help of their Business Agent, Chad Pacheco, members held a meeting with Human Resources and laid out the problems with the staffing shortage, including regular requests on the part of mangagement for members to cover shifts.

They then negotiated a wage increase both as a means of fairly compensating current employees and also as a strategy for recruiment and retention into these departments. Members from other deparments are looking into similar strategies.

The collective bargaining agreement between the ILWU and Wilcox Memorial Hospital expires in 2025 and the Unit will be begin the preparation process shortly.