“This is a movement!”

said ILWU International President Willie Adams, who was invited to speak from the fl atbed truck by Local 10 and 34 leaders as thousands of marchers assembled to commemorate Juneteenth on a sunny morning outside the Port of Oakland’s SSA Terminal.

“Young people are taking to the streets all over the world. They are militant; they are smart, and they are marching without apology,” said Adams, who was accompanied by International Secretary-Treasurer Ed Ferris and International Executive Board member Melvin Mackay.

be taking part in this coast-wide shut down on Juneteenth. Canada’s hands are not clean either, in the past or the present. We also had slavery; there was the internment of Japanese Canadians, the incident of the Komagata Maru and the residential schools. In the present day we have the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) and we see systemic racism in Canadian society.”

ILWU Canada Grainworkers Union Local 333 honored Juneteenth by stopping work for 9 minutes on June 19 in solidarity with West Coast port shutdown.

As our ILWU counterparts on the West Coast shut down their ports and demonstrated in the streets, ILWU Local 142 took a stand of their own in honor of Juneteenth and Black Lives Matter.

ILWU Local 142 is no stranger to taking bold and progressive political stances when it comes to social justice, as Local President Donna Domingo points out in her message (see far right).

High school graduation for the class of 2020 had ceremonies that were a little different this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Harriet Bouslog Labor Scholarship still awarded monies to deserving children, relatives, and grandchildren of our hardworking Local 142 members just like it has for the past 31 years.

Braeden Coloma 
Braeden’s grandfather Tom Poy worked at Hamakua Sugar on the Big Island.

Hannah Asano 
Hannah’s great-aunt is Amelia Among Rego, who worked at Dole.

COVID-19, the illness produced by the novel coronavirus is showing no signs of slowing down in Hawaii and across the world. Even though more testing would logically lead to a higher number of cases, the rate relative to those proportions is still steadily climbing. Until a viable vaccine comes along, face masks, along with physical distancing, remain the most effective tools we have for reducing spread of the virus.

ILWU Local 142 endorses Joe Biden for President

Pictured at left is Joe Biden in December ‘19 at the ILWU interview of presidential candidates at their headquarters in San Francisco. Pictured at right is Local 142 President Donna Domingo and our future President of the United States.

ILWU Local 142 released the complete list of the union endorsed candidates for congressional, state and county races for this year’s Primary Election (see page 8).

The officers and rank-and-file members of the ILWU Political Action Committee (PAC) endorse candidates only after a thorough vetting process. The committee interviews candidates and reviews their positions on issues that matter to working people.

With workers nationwide demanding more fair treatment, hours, and safety measures during the Covid-19 pandemic, people are waking up to seeing how important the working class is to the lifeblood of this country — and by extension — unions.

Unions have historically fought for many of the things non-union workers are demanding right now - benefits such as paid sick leave, better safety regulations, and overall more fair treatment from companies set by a legally binding contract.

As the saying goes, “If you don’t ask, you’ll never know.” Here at ILWU Local 142, we want our members to be in the know. As a member of ILWU Local 142, you can rest assured that one of the Division Clerks will answer your call at every Division Office from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday.