famous billionaire, has been appointed alongside fellow billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE).
Returning Vice Presidemt Corinna Salmo Nguyen expressed similar sentiments but highlighted the importance of one of the union’s most critical forms of support— Business Agents. “ILWU Business Agents keep the administration of the union clean and tight. My goal in this triennium is to provide the Business Agents with the training and support they need to do the best job they can for the members.
“For Something Bigger Than Just Us”
Hundreds of ILWU Members March on Hilton Hawaiian Villiage in Historic Show of Solidarity
New industrial groupings, Lahaina focus of convention business
The ILWU Local 142 hosted its 30th Statewide Convention at the Hawai‘i Convention Center from September 9-13, 2024. Under the theme “Together We Rise,” the convention provided an opportunity to reflect on the union’s storied history and plan strategically for the challenges of the next three years. The event drew approximately 400 delegates, observers, and guests from all corners of the state, fostering unity among the union’s five divisions and setting a clear agenda for the triennium ahead.
companies and ILWU employers to provide support to the people of Maui. On the island of Oahu, Local 142 members from Island Movers transported goods from around the island to the Port of Honolulu where Hawaii Longshore Division members loaded containers with relief supplies for delivery to Maui.
Ready for action. The Local
welcomes a new Division
Director and a new International
Vice President for Hawaiʻi. What
will the new faces bring to Local
142?
The results are in, and the 2025
2027 triennium begins with one
new Division Director and a host of 
Hawaii International Vice President Wesley Furtado (not pictured) and Overall Longshore Unit Chairperson Nate Lum (center) show waterfront operations to All Japan Docworkers Union (Zenkowan) President Akinobu Itoh and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Asia Pacific Regional Secretary Shigeru Wada. Itoh recalls the 50- year relationship between his union and the ILWU.
On November 4, Americans made it clear that they want our country to move in a different direction.
There’s good reason to be hopeful. President-elect Barack Obama says he supports unions. He’s walked on a picket line. He’s worked as an organizer. He says workers aren’t getting our fair share while the rich and corporations have been getting too much.