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Summaries of adopted resolutions

R-1 Quality Health Care For All 
The 25th Convention of the ILWU Local 142 strongly supports universal health care and the national health care reform being proposed by Congress and President Obama.

R-2 Salutes Achievements of ILWU Hotel Workers 
ILWU hotel units have organized and involved members following the principles of ILWU democratic, rank and file unionism. By mobilizing members, our hotel units have won good contracts and protected members’ jobs even in times of economic trouble.

Summaries of adopted resolutions—continued from page 5

ers implore the Commission on Water Resource Management, when setting interim instream flow standards for East and West Maui streams, to ensure that an adequate amount of stream water is available to HC&S for the irrigation of its crops so that the benefits provided by HC&S to this community are sustained and the vast green fields of Central Maui are kept in agricultural production.

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Results of ILWU International Election

The International Executive Board, meeting in San Francisco on Oct. 15-16, 2009, confirmed the results of the International election.

Elected officers of the union are:

Notice of ILWU Local 142 Election

This issue of the Voice of the ILWU is your official notice of the 2009 ILWU Local 142 Election. It contains the positions and candidates who will appear on the ballot and the dates, times and locations of voting for your unit. This issue also contains statements and photographs submitted by candidates.

The dates, times and locations of voting for your unit are listed separately by division—Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Oahu—and sorted by unit number. Look up your unit number or company name and take note of the dates, times, and locations indicated for your unit.

Voice of the ILWU

Local President

Local President Candidate 
Isaac Fiesta Jr.

Brothers and Sisters, 
I am Isaac Fiesta, Jr. I was raised in the small plantation town of Honomu, where I continue to live with my wife and family. In September 1968, I started at Pepeekeo Sugar Company, as a knapsack sprayer ending as garage purchasing clerk.

Kauai Division Candidates

Division Director Candidate 
Michael Machado

Hawaii Division Candidates

Division Director Candidate 
Richard B. Baker Jr.

Brothers and Sisters of the ILWU Local 142 Hawaii Division:

Hawaii Division Candidates

Business Agent Candidate 
George A. Martin 
No Statement Submitted

Business Agent Candidate 
Corinna M. Salmo

Maui Division Candidates

 

Division Director Candidate 
William “Willie” Kennison

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