The top executive officers of ILWU Local 142 are the president, the vice president, and the secretary-treasurer. They serve the same three year terms as business agents from January 4, 2016, to December 31, 2018. In addition to their individual duties, the officers work collectively as a threeperson team called the “Titled Officers.” Together they direct and coordinate the work and programs of the union. They work out of the Honolulu Office.

Donna Domingo 
Local President

This is Donna’s second term serving as president of Local 142. She comes from the tourism industry, where she started working as a front desk clerk at the Maui Lu Resort. Donna is the ILWU’s chief negotiations spokesperson and along with the two titled officers, she oversees the work of the Local. Donna sits on various boards being recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Teddy B. Espeleta 
Local Vice President 

Teddy hails from Maui Pineapple Company at Haliimaile. He was a Maui Division business agent before being elected a titled officer in 2012. Teddy serves as a chief negotiator as well as overseeing the Local’s organizing and sports program. He also sits on the Maui County Board of Variances & Appeals.

Guy K. Fujimura 
Local Secretary-Treasurer 

Guy became an ILWU member when he started working at Daiichiya Love’s Bakery, Inc., in 1974. He has served as Local Secretary-Treasurer since he was appointed in 1985. Guy coordinates the ILWU’s political action program. He serves as a trustee on both ILWU Health & Welfare Trusts and both ILWU Pension Trusts. Guy also sits on the Honolulu Charter Commission.

Kauai Division

Kauai Division is the smallest ILWU Division with about 2,000 members. More than half of Kauai’s members work in the tourism industry, with the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa being the largest employer of ILWU members. The second largest employer is St. Regis Princeville, followed by Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Other large employers include the Kauai Coffee Company, The Point at Poipu, and Foodland Supermarkets.

Kauai once had a large sugar industry which employed hundreds of ILWU members. The industry struggled to survive against tough foreign competition and rising costs. Gay & Robinson finally closed the last sugar plantation on Kauai in 2010.

Kauai holds their Division Executive Board Meeting starting at 5:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday every month at the ILWU Hall in Lihue.

Pamela Green 
Division Director 

Pamela is from Foodland Supermarkets - Waipouli #28 where she worked as a cashier and has been an ILWU member since 1980. While at her unit, she served as unit chair, Local trustee, and a member on both the International and Local Executive Board. Pamela was elected to four terms as business agent. She is serving her first term as division director. Pamela is a trustee on the ILWU General Pension Plan.

“Being ILWU strong can mean different things at different times…today for me, it means the workers at HC&S Company and their struggles as they face an unknown future but continue to show solidarity. It also means remembering those who came before us, who had to fight for the freedom and in some cases die so that we could enjoy the benefits of having a union. It is working to cultivate that courage in myself and our membership to stand up for what they believe in to be just and fair even if it means standing up alone…that is ILWU strong!”

Doreen H. Kua 
Business Agent 

This is Doreen’s second term as business agent. Before becoming a full time officer, she worked as a senior medical transcriptionist at Wilcox Memorial Hospital since 1998. Doreen has served the ILWU as unit chair and editor; Kauai Division’s Political Action chair, PAC coordinator, and Local trustee; and a term on the Local Executive Board. She is currently in charge of Kauai Division’s political action, sports, and unit bulletin programs; and is a trustee on the VEBA Trust.

Calvin Corpuz 
Business Agent 

A Foodland Supermarket employee since 1978, Calvin is a 38 year ILWU member who has worked at every Foodland Super Market on Kauai, including the original store which was located in Lihue. His union experience includes service as steward, unit vice chair, and Division Balloting Committee member. Calvin had been working for Kauai Division as an appointed division representative for one term before being elected to his first term as business agent. He is in charge of the division’s organizing and pensioners program.

Mona Dotario-Agor 
Division Clerk 

Mona is a former ILWU member who worked at Kauai Commercial as a senior accounting clerk and at Wilcox Memorial Hospital as an imaging clerk. Now she performs all the office clerical work for Kauai Division, including answering the phone, preparing correspondences, making arrangements for meetings, and many other duties within the Division.