The main office in Maui Division is in Wailuku at 896 Lower Main street. The ILWU also has an office in Lahaina, Phone: (808) 667- 7155; 840 Wainee St. Unit H4 & H5 and on Lanai. These offices are open as needed for meetings and other activities.

Maui is the largest Division in the ILWU with close to 9,000 members. Maui Division includes Molokai and Lanai which requires travel among the islands to service members. Maui is also the only division which still has a sugar company. Most of Maui’s members work in the tourism industry.

The Hawaii Longshore Division shares their phone number with the main switch board of the Honolulu ILWU Office. Longshore members should ask for the Longshore Division or Lynette Mau who can direct you to your business agent

Oahu Division shares their phone number with the main switch board of the Honolulu ILWU Hall. Serena will usually answer your call and you should ask for Oahu Division and talk to Division Clerk Lisa Maehara. Lisa can direct you to your business agent or take a message.

After hours you can also phone or email your business agent directly. Check with your Unit Chair who usually has their business agent’s cell phone number and email.

Kauai Division held their Recognition Banquet on March 15, 2013, at the ILWU Hall in Lihue.

The award winners were: 

Outstanding Unit Leader for units with up to 30 members—Bryon Ponte from Unit 3408 - MidPac Auto.

Outstanding Unit Leader for units with 31 to 99 members—Richard Brun Jr. from Unit 3514 - Mori Golf/Kauai Lagoons. 

Outstanding Unit Leader for units with 100 or more members— Rhonda Morris from Unit 3511 - Grand Hyatt Kauai. Outstanding Female Unit Chair—Edwina “Ipo” DeMello from Unit 3402 - Foodland. 

For the 36th year in a row, Hawaii Division held its Recognition Awards Banquet on February 23, 2013, to honor and recognize members, units, and pensioner clubs who have demonstrated leadership in supporting the ILWU and promoting its programs. And as it has in many of those nights, it rained in Hilo. But despite the sound of pounding rain and coqui frogs, the program was filled with camaraderie, music, food, and aloha

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Longshore Division Caucus was held at the ILWU hall on 451 Atkinson Drive on March 27-28, 2014. Unit 4201 (Longshore) and Unit 4209 Young Brothers met two additional days from March 31-April 1, to complete unfinished business. This was the first Hawaii Longshore Division Caucus and it was attended by 68 delegates and observers representing all the longshore units in the state. They included Longshore, Wharf Clerks, Maintenance, CY/CFS, Wharf Clerical, Young Brothers, and Bulk Sugar Units.

The ILWU Local Political Action Committee (PAC) in meetings held on December 12, 2013 and February 21, 2014 made the following early endorsements:

credit, but more importantly, on the time frame of implementation. The Senate’s version calls for annual raises to $10.00 to be completed by 2017, whereas the House’s version calls for the raises to be completed by 2018. The governor said “that it should be done ASAP, not five years from now.”

The governor went on to state, “your members have the faith and trust of you fellow workers to represent them. We must stand together or we’ll be picked off one by one as anti-union interests have plenty of money to offset union gains. The only way to defeat them is through solidarity.”

From the very beginning, the ILWU has always proclaimed that the union and every union member must be actively involved in the political life of the community. Political action had to be one of  the primary activities of the union. Political action was just as important as negotiating contracts for better wages and benefits; and political action was just as necessary  as organizing new workers into the union. There are five reasons why the  union and every ILWU member must be involved in political action.

(Above left) President Clyde Silva of The Pahala Pensioner Club, recruited the most new members in 2013, speaks in front of the five-member band “Makanau,” who provided the evening’s entertainment. (Above right) Mauna Kea Beach Hotel steward and emcee Tristie Licoan addresses the attendees.