ILWU Local 142 is building bridges to the next generation of Hawaiʻi’s workforce, showing young people that good jobs and a strong future are possible when workers stand together in a union.

On Friday, September 19, Local 142 took part in Castle High School’s Career Exploration Fair, an event that welcomed hundreds of students—from freshmen to seniors—to meet with local employers, education programs, and community groups.

ILWU Local 142 is proud to welcome its newest unit: the ILWU Credit Union. Though the unit is small, with just three members, its significance is large, bringing into the union family an organization that has long stood side- by-side with ILWU members.

The ILWU Credit Union was founded in 1954 to serve the financial needs of ILWU members and their families.

The University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu’s Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR) has a new leader — and she’s no stranger to Hawaiʻi’s labor movement. Dion Dizon, JD, has been appointed Director of CLEAR, returning to the center where her journey began as a student intern.

The formation of the ILWU Hawaiʻi Longshore Division (HLD) Pensioners Program marks an important step in honoring the generations of longshore workers who helped build and sustain our union. Pensioners are carriers of knowledge, culture, and history. Even in retirement, they have a vital role to play—as mentors, educators, and active union voices. 

Have you seen this photograph before? Can you tell what it is? The ‘Iolani Palace in the background signifies a royal event—and indeed it is. This image captures part of the funeral procession of Queen Liliʻuokalani, as her body was moved to lie in state at the Palace. The men in white are “poʻolā,” or Native Hawaiian stevedores. 

Increasing awareness and growing pride in Hawaiʻi’s labor movement was the goal for this year’s Ea Hawaiʻi Field School - a week-long Maui-based 3-credit class with students from Oʻahu, Maui, and this year, Lānaʻi. The 2025 field school was a collaboration between UH Mānoa, UH Maui College, and for the first time in the program’s ten year history, the Lānaʻi Education Center and the ILWU Local 142. 

This summer, Local 142 members finds themselves at two ends of the bargaining table in Hawai‘i’s healthcare sector—celebrating a contract win at Kaiser Permanente and stepping into a high stakes contract negotiation for members at the Straub Medical Center. 

It’s been two years since wind and fire mixed to set Lahaina ablaze. The devastation was swift and widespread — entire neighborhoods reduced to ash, hundreds displaced, and a beloved historic town forever changed. But in the months and years since, something else has taken root: the long, uneven, but determined path toward healing and rebuilding. 

The 2025 ILWU Sports Calendar dropped, marking one of the union’s oldest traditions of bringing members together for fun and camaraderie. 

Golf’s Return to Kaua’i 

The season kicks off in Kauaʻi with the Local Statewide Golf Tournament. Tyson Moises, Kauaʻi Division Business Agent is the new Division Sports Coordinator for that island. He is also a 27-year baseball coach and active in the Kauaʻi athletics community. Moises is glad to see the statewide golf tournament to return to the Garden Isle. 

The Hawaiʻi Longshore Division continues a strong investment in its steward program with two more rounds of training. HLD stewards completed part three of their training in April and part four in May.