Union members should think of negotiations as a continuing process that doesn’t end when a new contract is approved. Members need to read and understand their contract, so they know their rights. Unit officers and shop stewards must be alert to make sure management follows the terms of the contract and members get the full benefits they are entitled to receive.

lower house. Those elected included a number of union members who were encouraged to run for office. The Democratic majority in the legislature repealed many of the anti-labor laws and passed a law that gave agricultural workers the right to unionize. In 1954, Democrats won 55 of 76 elections, giving them a majority in the house and senate.

ILWU Local 142 President Isaac Fiesta, Jr. announced the union’s endorsement of Mufi Hannemann at a press conference on March 9, 2010. The ILWU’s statewide Political Action Committee made the decision to endorse Hannemann after meeting with both Mufi Hannemann and Neil Abercrombie on March 2, 2010. (L-r) SecretaryTreasurer Guy K.

forecast of the University of Hawai’i Economic Research Organization

The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) collects and analyses economic data for the State of Hawaii. The following is their latest forecast on March 26, 2010.

Over 900 employees of Honolulu’s two daily newspapers have no idea if they will have a job. The people who write the news became the news when they learned about their fate in a press release issued by their employers.

On Feb. 25, 2010, Gannett Company and Oahu Publications, Inc. (OPI) announced in a joint press release that The Honolulu Advertiser would be sold to OPI, a company controlled by David Black. Black’s company already owns the Honolulu StarBulletin, which it purchased in 1991, and the Mid-Week Magazine.

Local President 
Isaac Fiesta, Jr.

The Local Convention completed its work in September of 2009 and adopted programs that will guide us for the next three years. My goal is to carry out the work of the Convention and the Constitution and Bylaws of Local 142.

Oahu Division Director 
Dave Mori

Maui Division Director William Kennison

The past three years have been the most trying of my 30 years as a fulltime officer of the ILWU Local 142, having served as a Division Representative, Business Agent and presently as the Maui Division Director.

Hawaii Division Director 
Richard Baker, Jr.

As the Hawaii Division Director for the past six (6) years, Richard Baker, Jr. has led the Hawaii Division Team to achieve its goals in the areas of organizing, mobilizing, negotiations of good and fair contracts, and building future leadership at the unit level.

HILO—Not even the “tsunami that wasn’t” could stop Hawaii Division from enjoying the 33rd Annual Hawaii Division Awards Banquet at the Harry Kamoku Hall in Hilo on the evening of February 27, 2010.

While most of the state—and possibly the country were tuned to their television sets to see what kind of damage might occur on the Hilo bay front from a pending tsunami that was generated from an earthquake in Chile—Moses Moke and his fellow seniors from the Hilo pension club were busy decorating the Hall for the evenings festivities.