Each year, the Oahu Division of the ILWU honors some very deserving people in a special program at their February Executive Board Meeting. The Division looks over the work of the union in the previous year and chooses the winners in the following categories — Outstanding Unit, Outstanding Unit Leader, Outstanding Steward, Inspirational Leader, and Outstanding Unit Editor.

Ethnic unity during the 1944 sugar strike

The triennial Convention will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 655 Burrard Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 15, 2006, and closing on or about Friday, May 19, 2006. The elected Convention delegates will vote to decide the International budget, proposed increases in per-capita rates, as well as policies and direction of the ILWU for the next three-year period.

This is a reproduction of the Call to the ILWU’s 33rd Convention, to held in Vancouver, B.C. beginning May 15.

The International Convention is the highest decision-making body of the ILWU. Aside from making policy decisions on all matters affecting the ILWU, it has the authority to amend the constitution and receives nominations for Titled Officers and members of the International Executive Board.

WAILEA, Maui—On March 23, 2005 new ILWU members at Wailea Golf Resort voted unanimously to accept their first union contract.

Longshore members collected donations for the Hawaii Red Cross. From left to right: Red Cross disaster volunteer Caonnie McCurdy, Nate Lum, Brian Indreginal, Gordon Yamashiro, Bert Lane, and Red Cross CEO Coralie Chun Matayoshi carrying Red Cross mascot Scout.

During the 2004 Presidential election campaign, George W. Bush refused to speak truthfully about Social Security privatization. After his alleged victory over Senator John Kerry, he is moving quickly to destroy a Social Security system that has worked remarkably well since 1935.

carried out under the name and guiding principles of the Red Cross by three separate organizations that make up the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. (The Red Crescent is used instead of the Red Cross symbol in Islamic countries.) The three organizations are: the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; and the national Red Cross Societies.

HONOLULU—Gordon Young said it well—”I don’t like to get an award for doing something I love doing. You,” he said, speaking to the room full of ILWU members, “should all get awards for volunteering your time to help your fellow employees.”

This and similar sentiments were expressed again and again by the unit leaders and retirees who were honored by the ILWU’s Oahu Division in a special program at its Executive Board meeting on February 25, 2005.

HILO—The 2004 Hawaii Division awards were held at Hilo’s Harry Kamoku Hall on Saturday, February 26, 2005. Over 125 members filled the union hall by 6:00 p.m. in anticipation of an awards dinner that, according to Division Director Richard Baker Jr., “Gives the Division a chance to show its appreciation to all the members who participate in our programs and show leadership. Not everyone will get an award, but the dinner is an ‘aloha’ to every active member.”