Message from the International President
My last President’s message in the September 2023 Dispatcher was
written during a time of uncertainty.
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The Thirty-Ninth Convention of the International Longshore
and Warehouse Union will be held on June 17-21, 2024
at the Westin Bayshore Hotel located at 1601 Bayshore
Drive, Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4.
The Priscilla Shishido Library is housed at the Honolulu Hall and holds business
and historical archives for the ILWU Local 142. It is under the management
of Rae Shiraki, who has served as Local 142’s Archivist-Librarian since 2000.
Cecilia “Ceci” Calpito assists her.
Fund to aid the families of ILWU Local 142 members in sending their family
members to the University of Hawaiʻi, including the University of Hawaii
William S. Richardson School of Law.
Over 500 Harriet Bouslog Scholars have attended the University of Hawaiʻi
to date. One may even be related to you or may be the next Harriet Bouslog Labor
Scholar who is seated in the classroom at the William S.
The legal career of Harriet Bouslog is marked by three signature engagements, any one of which would serve as the achievement of a lifetime for a lawyer.
Meat packers, nurses, graduate assistants put up a fight for worker rights. ILWU supports.
Principle IV of the ILWU’s 10
Guiding Principles states, “To help
any worker in distress” must be a daily
guide in the life of every trade union and
its individual members. Labor solidarity
means just that. Unions have to accept
the fact that the solidarity of labor stands
above all else...”
President’s Message continued...
are being met, we will see good outcomes - in our contracts, at our jobs, and even
in the political realm. We will see weak outcomes When we do not fulfill our
duties and responsibilities as union members.
counties explicit authority from the state to make crucial
decisions around short-term rentals. In years prior, the
counties’ efforts to phase out short-term rentals have
been handicapped by federal intervention over definitions
of what qualifies as a short term rental.
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies’ dedication to scholarships and education
Aloha members of the ILWU Local 142. A new year is upon us, and there is much work ahead for all of us. Last year brought unprecedented challenges to the Union as nearly 1,500 of our members lost their homes in the Lahaina wildfires. More than five months later, hundreds of our members remain without long-term housing, and while government efforts are underway, progress is incremental.