Front: Longshore Vice Division Director Eddie Hayashi, Jon White, Josh Green, Dave Chew, Benton Rodden. Back: Hawaii Division Director Elmer Gorospe, Local Secretary-Treasurer Michael Victorino, Jr., Local Vice President Corinna Salmo Nguyen, Oahu Division Director Michael Yamaguchi, Kauai Division Director Rhon- da Morris, Local President Christian West, Kaika Sasaoka, Business Agent Tyrone Tahara. The Statewide PAC gave their official endorsement at the ILWU Honolulu Hall on March 15, 2022.
Close to 100 delegates from 29 West Coast ports from San Diego, CA, to Bellingham, WA, who were elected by members of the ILWU's Longshore Division, met in Long Beach, CA from January 31-February 11 to debate and adopt the priorities for a new Longshore & Clerks Contract. The current contract expires on July 1, 2022. The in-person meeting followed strict COVID protocols to protect delegates, guests, and staff.
1. Curt Kalama, Vice Division Director Eddie Hayashi, Longshore Division Director Dustin Dawson, International Vice President Hawaii Sam Kreutz leading the caucus in general session. 2. Longshore Secretary-Treasurer Drake Delaforce making sure the proceedings are being recorded and running smoothly. 3.
finer form than with the Local Executive Board (LEB). This is the second-highest governing body of the whole union (with the highest being the Local Convention).
All of ILWU Local 142's members work in one of these four industries: longshore, pineapple, tourism and general trades. Representation for each industrial grouping cycles fairly every three years (triennium) between each island division.
ELMER "KEOLA" GOROSPE, JR.
Keola is a Control Operator at Unit 1408 Hu Honua Bioenergy,
DANE JOSUE
Dane is an Energy/Safety Engineer
at Unit 2520 Grand Wailea Resort
LINDA POKIPALA
Linda is a Business Services Representative at Unit 1426 Queen's North Hawai'i Community Hospital
LOURDES RIVERA
Lourdes works in Culinary at Unit 2505 Westin Maui
on family and unity, "It's not about clerks vs. longshore, or about what the mainland wants versus Hawai'i. It is about empowering the rank-and- file to stick together when it comes to providing for the next generation."
"I know you guys are about 'oha- na," said ILWU Secretary-Treasurer Ed Ferris, "and will work hard to make sure no one gets left behind."
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At the start of this year, President Joe Biden entered the second year of his presidency. After running a campaign that emphasized his pro-labor leanings and solidarity for the working class, he has made consistent efforts on behalf of strengthening unions. When he took office in January 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.4% (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Near the end of his first year in December, it had dropped to 3.9%.