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.
New triennium, new energy for Local 142
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 
NOMINATION—September 1 - 15, 2024. Nomination Petitions (ILWU-E Form 14) signed by 25 members in good standing must be submitted to the Local Secretary-Treasurer and received between September 1 and 4:00 p.m. on September 15, 2024, inclusive.
Re-centering workers This year’s involvement was motivated by the need to ensure that policies centering working-class people remain the focus of the party. “Something’s not right” said President Chris West, who addressed ILWU members and FTOs in caucus at the party convention. “We have been under Democratic control in Hawaiʻi since 1954.