Workers Rights & Benefits
16 Support the continued protection and maintenance of the “presumption clause” in the Workers’ Compensation Law, either through legislation or by rule-making. Oppose the reduction of the rights and benefits of injured workers, either by legislation or by rule-making.
Establish a package of workers’ compensation benefit improvements in the interest of fairness to injured workers.
Health & Social Services
43 Continue funding for human and social service programs for lowincome, disadvantaged, and needy individuals and families. Appropriate adequate funding for mental health and social problems resulting from economic dislocation.
Senator Daniel Inouye has been a friend and ally of the ILWU since his first election to the Hawaii Territorial House in 1954 and to the US House of Representatives in 1959. Inouye was elected to the US Senate in 1962 and served until his death on December 17, 2012. The following speeches by Senator Inouye to members of the ILWU spans 51 years from 1962 to 2012 and reveal how the ILWU and Inouye shared many of the same views of the world.
Daniel K. Inouye escorted by ILWU Sgt. At Arms at the 1983 Local Convention.
Most people grimace when anyone talks about a colonoscopy. They think the preparation is grueling and the process is painful—but, in actuality, it’s neither and can really be a lifesaver.
What does a colonoscopy do? It lets a physician look inside your entire large intestine to the lower end of the small intestine through the use of a small scope.
“One-to-one, worker-to-worker—that’s a big part of how we organize in the ILWU,” explained Wesley Furtado, International Vice President (Hawaii). This approach has worked for our Union over the years, including 2013 when over 500 new members were brought into Local 142 between September and November.
WAILUKU—The Grand Wailea ILWU negotiating committee met on January 3, 2014, at the ILWU Hall on 896 Lower Main Street in Wailuku to review and check the new contract for any errors before sending it for signature by the union and the company. The union committee makes sure the new contract correctly contains all the agreements made during negotiations and no other section of the contract has been omitted or altered.
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.