Honolulu celebrated the Martin Luther King Day holiday with a parade through Waikiki and a rally at Kapiolani Park on Monday, January 20, 2014. ILWU Local 142’s Oahu Division again joined the march, which re-affirms the community’s commitment to social justice. In past years, ILWU participants held signs in support of workers at the Pacific Beach Hotel.
• Promote compliance with fair labor and employment standards within the tourism industry. No government assistance and/or funds should be given to any entity (i.e., hotel or resort; hotel, condominium rental or timeshare operator, including multi-property operators; or owner of a property or resort) that is in violation of such labor or employment standards.
• Support additional funding for tourism promotion with an emphasis on promoting neighbor island tourism.
• Support protection and enforcement of the “presumption clause” in the Workers’ Compensation Law to fulfill its original intent to provide compensation and medical treatment to workers injured on the job.
Oppose any legislation or rule-making that seeks to diminish the rights of injured workers, reduce workers’ compensation benefits, or take away eligibility for benefits to injured workers.
Establish a package of workers’ compensation benefit improvements in the interest of fairness to injured workers.
• Support the existing statewide school system that ensures equalization of opportunity in education, especially for rural Oahu and the neighbor islands.
• Oppose school voucher programs.
• Support implementation of incentives (including teacher housing) to reduce teacher turnover in rural areas.
• Support programs for drug awareness, teen pregnancy prevention, family crisis intervention, etc. in the public schools and the community.
MAKAWAO—Fairmont Orchid, representing Hawaii Division, beat Team Kauai, representing Kauai Division to win the ILWU 33rd Annual State Basketball Tournament. The tournament was hosted by Maui Division and played at the Eddie Tam Memorial Center on Saturday, December 14, 2013.
Several elected officials attended the dedication of Ah Quon McElrath’s plaque at the Wisteria Vista Senior Apartments, including U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, Senate Committee on Economic Development, Government and Housing Chair Donovan Dela Cruz, State House Committee on Housing Chair Mark Hashem, and Representative Marcus Oshiro.
Members state-wide voted in elections held November 14-20, 2015 to elect the top officers who will direct the work of the union for the next three years. Elected are 26 full-time officers, 11 rank-and-file members to the Local Executive Board, and 11 Delegates to the ILWU International Convention. The election results were announced on November 24, 2015. All officers serve a term of three years, beginning January 4, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2018.
The Local Constitution contains the rules and policy by which this union is run. ILWU Local 142 members have the opportunity to amend or change the Constitution every three years at the union’s Local Convention. If these changes are adopted by the Convention and ratified by the ILWU general membership, they become part of the rules that govern the union.
At each ILWU Convention, resolutions that embody the values and principles of the union are proposed. Resolution topics may include ILWU workplace and industry concerns and problems facing the labor movement—as well as social, political, and legislative issues. In addition to stating the union’s perspective and position on such issues, ILWU resolutions may also propose goals for the union over the next triennium.
