Senate President Colleen Hanabusa who represents the Waianae coast, is making a bid for the First Congressional District seat that will be vacated by Congressman Neil Abercrombie at the end of February.  Senator Hanabusa, a labor attorney and a staunch advocate for workers’ rights pledges to protect and ensure that the people of Hawaii are [...]

John D.White, Jr., has announced his candidacy for the Honolulu City Council seat, District 2, which encompasses the areas of Mililani Mauka, Wahiawa, North Shore, Kahaluu and Ahuimanu.  The seat is currently held by Donovan Dela Cruz who will be completing his eighth year in the city council.  John pledges to help remedy the state [...]

District Council 50 was out in force to support the brothers and sisters of Local 5 on the picket line at Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu Clinic.    Local 5 represents nearly 1800 Kaiser Permanente employees statewide.  These union health care workers are striking because many of them will be displaced when Kaiser begins to subcontract their jobs [...]