HONOLULU—Maui Division Business Agent Teddy Espeleta was invited as a guest of Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa to attend a welcome dinner reception for Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III on November 13, 2011. Nearly 1,000 local Filipinos welcomed the Philippine president at the reception held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. The dinner was organized by the Philippine Consulate General and the Philippine Celebrations Coordinating Committee (PCCC).

Union-wide elections held in November 2012 elected the top officers who will direct the work of the union for the next three years. Elected are 27 full-time officers, 13 rank-and-file members to the Local Executive Board, and 14 Delegates to the ILWU International Convention. The election results were announced on November 20, 2012, but candidates filed six challenges to the election. An ILWU Judicial Panel has ruled on challenges to the election results, and those decisions must be carried out before the results are final.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) confirmed the September 6, 2012 results of the ILWU’s officers’ election. The results stand as official as there were no challenges to the election received by the September 13, 2012 deadline as provided under Rule 17.A of the union’s election rules.

The ILWU International Balloting Committee reported the results of the election after ballots were counted and tabulated at a meeting held on September 6, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in San Francisco, California.

The following was presented by Convention guest speaker Lowell Chun-Hoon. Chun-Hoon is a partner of the law firm King, Nakamura and Chun-Hoon, which has defended the union and union members since the 1940s.

reduces the expense of middlemen such as HMSA. The Trust Fund allows us to set the cost of medical for several years, so the hotels know exactly how much they must pay. With HMSA, the hotels have no idea how much their medical plans will increase each year. The ILWU Local 142 will continue to educate the members about the Health & Welfare and encourage units to negotiate this Fund into their contracts.

American voters sent a loud and clear message that they support President Obama’s and the Democratic Party’s policies and rejected the Republican Party’s philosophy and programs.

You’re climbing the stairs at work, miss a step and fall, twisting your ankle. Is that a work injury? You feel a twinge in your back lifting a full box of computer paper. Is that a work injury? You’re walking down a hallway at your company and, as you turn a corner, you bump into a co-worker and fall, hitting your head on the floor. Is that a work injury?

The answer is YES to all of these questions. Any time you become injured at work, it is a work injury and you should report it to your employer right away.

HILO—The Hilton Waikoloa Village ILWU negotiating committee met on October 30, 2013, at the ILWU Hall at 100 West Lanikaula Street in Hilo to review and check the new contract for any errors before sending it for signature by the union and the company.

Alma M. O. Trinidad, the eldest of five children, loved school but never thought she would go to college—let alone be a social work professor at Portland State University.

Both of Alma’s parents were employed by Del Monte Corporation. Alma’s father Pedro worked as a driver, a drip operator, and a luna. Alma’s mother Sionita worked in the fields as a pineapple picker. Her maternal and paternal grandfathers also worked for Del Monte on Molokai.

This is Alma’s account of how the ILWU helped in their struggles as Filipino immigrants: