Oahu Division Director

Candidate for Division Director
Dave K. Mori

O A H U D I V I S I O N P o l l i n g D a t e s , T i m e s a n d L o c a t i o n s —continued from page 15

In one of the first resolutions passed at the 2003 ILWU Interna tional Convention entitled “Take Our Country Back,” the delegates asserted that George W. Bush was never elected president by the American people, but rather was given the presidency by the U.S.

This year’s main Labor Day event featured a march through Waikiki on September 1 instead of the usual concert at the Waikiki Shell. The march, sponsored by the Hawaii State Federation of Labor, brought 16 labor organizations and 11 com-
munity and political groups together to support the rights of immigrant workers. About 40 ILWU members and retirees participated in the march. 

The march also featured the Waipahu and Pearl City High School marching bands, taiko drummers, and Korean dancers.

Local organizer Bill Udani gives ILWU fans to bystanders on the march route. Printed on the back of the fan is information on the advantages of having a union and how to contact the ILWU’s organizing department.

The lastest unemployment figures—for the month of August 2003 came out—and economists were shooked. Everyone thought a few jobs would be created. But U.S. companies cut another 90,000 jobs in August. The job loss was in every industry sector and in every part of the country.