LIHUE — On December 15, 2017, Kauai Division held its recognition night to honor members who promote union solidarity at the workplace. Here are this year’s winners:

Outstanding Unit Leaders 
Outstanding unit leader with 0-30 members: Bernard Almarza Unit 4402 Love’s Bakery.

Outstanding unit leader with 31-99 members: Ricky Brun Unit 3514 Hokuala Golf Club.

Outstanding unit leader with 100+ members: Kyle Cloos, an electrician at Unit 3401 Kauai Coffee Company.

Inspirational Leaders of the Year 
Inspirational leader (male): Sonny Chang Unit 3515 St. Regis Princeville Inspirational leader (female): Darlene Iwai Unit 3410 Wilcox Medical Center

Awesome Leader of the Year 
Rhonda Morris Unit 3511 Grand Hyatt Kauai.

Outstanding Pensioner 
Jesus Guirao.

BERNARD ALMARZA

JESUS GUIRAO

SONNY CHANG

RHONDA MORRIS 
“I like to fight, so I might as well fight for what’s right!”

KYLE CLOOS
 “It’s amazing how much the union improves the life of the average worker. If anything questionable goes on, you can fight it and organize and get things done"

RICKY BRUN