CONVENTION ACTION RATIFIED: ILWU members approved the actions of the 28th Convention of the ILWU Local 142 by a wide margin in numerous ratification meetings held from October through November 2018 following the Convention held in Honolulu from September 17-21, 2018. Members approved 15 constitutional amendments, 19 resolutions, and several changes to the union’s finance policy. Constitutional amendments are reprinted in full on pages 4-5, and summaries of adopted resolutions are included on page 6.
Local 142 elects new leadership for 2019-2021
This year marked the first time all the top seats were contested and the first time the election was held through mail balloting instead of on-site voting. Members statewide voted from November 12 - December 12, 2018 via mail to elect full-time officers, rank-and-file members to the Local Executive Board, and Delegates to the ILWU International Convention. All officers serve a term of three years, beginning January 1, 2019 and ending on December 31, 2021.
The top seats
Members re-elected President Donna Domingo. Hawaii Division’s Corinna Salmo Nguyen was elected Vice President and Oahu Division’s Brian Tanaka for Secretary-Treasurer.
The next highest seats are the five Division Directors (Longshore, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai and Oahu). They direct the work in their division and supervise the work of the business agents and division office staff.
William “Baba” Haole was re-elected as Longshore Division Director; Elmer Gorospe, Sr. was re-elected as Hawaii Division Director; Roberto Andrion was elected as Maui Division Director; Michael Yamaguchi was re-elected as Oahu Division Director, as was Pamela Green for Kauai’s Division Director.
In the Longshore Division, Richard Kamoe and Drake Delaforce were reelected as Vice Division Director and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively.
Business Agents
On the Big Island, members will continue to see familiar faces: Michael Dela Cruz, Tristie Licoan, and George Martin will continue their posts, and newly elected Roselyn Molina will join them.
Maui had a crowded race for Business Agent, and members re-elected Joseph Aquino, Jerrybeth De Mello, Teddy Espeleta, and Steven Lee. They will be joined by newcomer Emmanuel Baltazar.
On Oahu, all the current business agents were re-elected: Wilfred Chang, Paris Fernandez, Dillon Hullinger, Karl Lindo, and Jose Miramontes.
On Kauai, Calvin Corpuz and Chad Pacheco will be the business agents to carry on servicing their units.
The Hawaii Longshore elected both of their incumbent business agents: Dennis Morton and Tyrone Tahara.
Local Executive Board
The ILWU Local Executive Board is composed of the three titled officers, the four island division directors, and rankand-file members.
Rank-and-file members elected to the executive board include the following: Three Division Trustees: Clyde Kihara (Hawaii), Kenneth Hunt (Maui), and Bryon Ponte (Kauai). There were also three Division Representatives elected: Roland Shimaoka (Hawaii), Christopher Barut (Maui), and Trudy Azeka (Kauai); and four Industrial Grouping Representatives: Jesse Andrade (Longshore), Ricardo Dela Torre (Pineapple), Sierra Delgado (General Trades), Elizabeth Visitacion (Tourism).
International Executive Board members from Hawaii also sit on the Local Executive Board as observers.
for the full listing of election results, see page 3