Division Director Candidate 
Richard B. Baker Jr.

Brothers and Sisters of the ILWU Local 142 Hawaii Division:

It is with my deepest respect and honor for the rank and file that I am humbly seek your assistance in serving for a third term as your Division Director. As many of you know I progressed through the rank and file in various leadership roles since 1988. Currently, as Division Director, I devoted my energies in unifying the Hawaii Division leadership team in working toward one goal—improvement in meeting YOUR needs.

Since 2004 as Division Director, it has been a privilege building the Division team working on training and mentoring unit leaders to take us into the next generation as we face the challenges of the 21stcentury. We need to prepare for these hard times; when our members are hurting and experiencing cuts in hours of work, layoffs, and job losses. As leaders, now more than ever need to continue our work organizing efforts of new membership to grow in numbers. Increasing our membership provides us with a better bargaining position. I pledge to continue my commitment to be there for you though a unified leadership team approach. Thanks for your continued support.

Candidate Business Agent 
Greg Gauthier

Aloha Sisters and Brothers! I have proudly served you since September of 2001 as a Business Agent. I am elected from the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. I want to say a sincere mahalo to all of our unit officers who have volunteered their time to assist their fellow workers through one of the most difficult economic times we have seen in decades. We must continue to encourage all of our members to hold fast to our collective values and remain strong during these times in order to protect our wages and benefits from becoming another statistic of a battered economy. We must all resolve to participate in the democratic process in this Union. We must vote, we must represent our departments and ourselves in grievances, and we must ask questions of ourselves and our leaders. I am proud to be a part of a cohesive team in Hawaii Division that focuses on working together in order to maintain and gain crucial ground for working people. I would respectfully encourage you to get involved, because justice cannot happen without you. Our Union provides us with the tools to achieve justice, but they can only work if we use them. God Bless!

Business Agent Candidate 
Elmer Gorospe

Aloha Brothers and Sisters of Local 142, 
My name is Elmer C. Gorospe. I would like to take this opportunity to say “thank you” to all my Brothers and Sister of Hawaii Division in supporting me for the past 6 years for which I served as a Business Agent. During this past 6 years I have gained the experience and knowledge to service members from different industries such as General Trades, Tourism and most recently Longshore. In addition I have gain a lot of experience in Unemployment Insurance handling, grievance handling, workers compensation, arbitration hearings and contract negotiating, which I serve as a cospokesperson and spokesperson in several contract negotiations. As fulltime officers, I am committed to serve the rank & file; continue to fight to protect workers rights, job security, pension benefits and medical benefits. It is my goal to educate the rank & file the benefits of having a union, to continue to stress the importance of solidarity and to make a positive difference in the lives of our membership. Again, brothers and sisters, I humbly ask for your support for me and the Hawaii Division team in this upcoming Local election. 

Mahalo, Elmer C. Gorospe

Business Agent Candidate 
Wallace A. Ishibashi Jr.

Aloha! Sisters and Brothers, 
Wallace A Ishibashi Jr here humbly asking for your support and vote of confidence. As I seek reelection to the Full Time Office of Business Agent of ILWU Local 142 Hawaii Division. 

It truly is an honor to serve you all these years, it was filled with good times and challenging times. As we all learned together how important this organization is to the well being of our family and community. Will we continue to implement what we have learned as we face further difficult times ahead or will we surrender to these trying times and give up?

Together we must learn to adjust and adept to the changing time that we are faced with and living in now. We must take the challenge head on with passion and a great desire to over come any obstacle in our way. Together we will succeed to reach and gain back dignity in the work place and a quality of life that we all deserve. I am looking forward to working with your ideas and our examples to address the needs and wants of the rank and file.

“When in doubt check me out” 
Mahalo Nui Loa 
Aeae