Welcome to the ILWU, new members!

This issue of the VOICE includes information for you about what it means to have an ILWU membership.

As a union member, you are entitled to many rights and benefits.

Unions have historically given workers the opportunity to organize and bring fair working conditions and wages to the job.

ILWU Local 142 is known internationally for uniting large industries like sugar and pineapple across racial lines in the 1940’s. In those days, interracial harmony was unheard of, but with the ILWU, workers united for a greater purpose — fairness in the workplace.

Til today, the unique diversity of Hawaii’s people has made our union stronger. Even as Hawaii’s economic engine has shifted from agriculture to tourism, ILWU members work in diverse industries ranging from tourism, and longshore, to hospitals. Read inside for more information about your union!

Knowledge is power. Pictured above is members from our Labor Institute 2018, just one of many different learning opportunities the Local provides.