HONOLULU—Former Oahu business agent Benito “Benny” Apostadiro passed away on January 22, 2002, at the age of 76. Benny Apostadiro became a member of the ILWU when he got a job at the Ewa Plantation in 1954. Like almost all new sugar workers, Benny’s first job was on the poison gang, a crew that walked through the sugar fields and sprayed chemical to control the weeds.