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.

Standing: Members of the ILWU Political Action Committee from Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Oahu, which includes retiree representatives from ILWU pensioner clubs. Sitting: ILWU Secretary-Treasurer Guy Fujimura, ILWU VicePresident Donna Domingo, Senator Colleen Hanabusa, former ILWU President Fred Galdones, ILWU President Isaac Fiesta, Jr.

The newly formed Hawaii Longshore Division elected their statewide officers in balloting at all longshore units on all islands from December 1 to December 11, 2009.

The results were announced on December 14, 2009. Nathan “Nate” Lum was elected division director, William “Baba” Haole and Henry Kreutz were elected as vice division directors, and Charles Kimo Brown was elected secretary-treasurer.

Two full-time committeemen/ business agents were elected— Dennis Morton and Tyrone Tahara.

On Martin Luther King Day, January 18, 2010, Americans are urged to spend the holiday in a day of service to their community. On Oahu, the ILWU marched in a parade through Waikiki with a message of peace and justice.

After 120 years of growing sugar on Kauai, the Gay & Robinson Company hauled its last load of sugar cane from the fields to the mill on October 30, 2009. The cane haul trucks paraded from the Makaweli Post Office through the town of Waimea, followed by trucks and cars of employees.

About 130 ILWU members remained on the payroll until November 25, 2009.

A handful of ILWU members will continue to work for Gay & Robinson, producing electricity at the company’s hydroelectric plant.

A new company, the Haliimaile Pineapple Co., will continue to grow pineapple to supply the fresh, whole-fruit market and supply juice used by Tedeschi Vineyards to make its pineapple wine.

The new company has purchased some of Maui Pine’s equipment, leased 1,000 acres of land, and bought the rights to use the Maui Gold brand.

The company was formed by former Maui Pineapple Company executives, Ulupalakua Ranch owner Pardee Erdman, and other shareholders.

Westin Maui Hotel member Vicky Maliikapu-Cabading prints a bulletin for union members and maintains an outstanding union bulletin board which educates and informs members about the union. Star Medeiros is the Chair of the unit, which has a strong unit structure with active officers and union stewards, including 1st Vice Chair Michael Bunyard, 2nd Vice Chair Jerome