Michael Machado 
Division Director

Michael Machado was hired at the Princeville Development Corporation in 1976 as a maintenance first class worker. Michael served as unit chair, vice chair, editor and organizer from 1977 to 1989. Michael was elected as a business agent in 1989 to 2009.

In 2009 Michael was elected Kauai Division Director and re-elected in 2012.

Calvin Corpuz 
Division Representative

Calvin Corpuz is a 35-year member of the ILWU who has worked at every Foodland Super Market on Kauai, including Waipouli, Princeville, and the original store which was located in Lihue.

He has served as a union steward, Vice Chair, and Division Balloting Committee member. In 2013, Calvin was appointed to serve as Division Representative.

Pamela Green 
Business Agent

Pamela Green became an ILWU member when she started work at Foodland Waipouli in 1980 as a cashier.

Pamela was elected as Local Trustee in 2003, and served as Unit Chair until 2004. She served on both the International Executive Board and Local Executive Board in 2004. Pamela was elected business agent from 2004 to the present.

Doreen H. Kua 
Business Agent

Doreen Kua was hired at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in 1998 as a senior medical transcriptionist. She served as editor and unit chair from 2003 to 2012, and was Kauai Division’s Political Action chair and PAC coordinator.

Doreen served as Kauai Division’s Local trustee and on the Local Executive Board from 2003 to 2012. She was elected as Business Agent in 2013.

Mona Dotario-Agor 
Division Clerk

Kauai Division is the smallest geographical ILWU Division with about 2,000 members. More than half of Kauai’s members work in the tourism industry, with the Grand Hyatt Kauai being the largest employer of ILWU members. The second largest employer is Wilcox Memorial Hospital, followed by Foodland Supermarkets. Other large employers include the St. Regis Princeville Resort, the Princeville Corporation, and Kauai Lagoons Resort.

Kauai once had a large sugar industry which employed hundreds of ILWU members. The industry struggled to survive against tough foreign competition and rising costs. Finally, Gay & Robinson closed the last sugar plantation on Kauai in 2010.

Kauai holds their Division Executive Board Meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday every month at the ILWU Hall in Lihue.

Doreen Kua elected Kauai Business Agent

LIHUE—The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ordered a second election for Kauai Division Business Agent following a challenge to the results of the ILWU’s Local election held November 10-16, 2012. Local 142 agreed to conduct the DOL-supervised election, which was held from June 21 through July 22, 2013, and affected only the second of two Business Agent positions on Kauai. Voting was done by mail and walk-in ballot. The following are the official results as announced on July 24, 2013.