AH QUON McELRATH

The ILWU was aware that automation and mechanization would pose problems for their members. It would mean that machines would replace...

Aloha e,  What’s in a name? It was standard practice for immigrants from China and their children to be given an English name. AQ’s...

Aloha e,   We were saddened to learn of Barbara Kawakami’s death at age 103 in December 2024. Barbara was an outstanding public...

December 1941, Ah Quon and husband Bob were facing the challenge of finding a place to live on Oahu.

Aloha e,   Finally! Our documentary, Ah Quon McElrath: The Struggle Never Ends! , had its TV debut October 17th on PBS Hawaiʻi!   If you...

Aloha e,   In November 2006, AQ sat down with us for an interview about the life and times of ILWU Regional Director Jack Hall. AQ had...

Aloha e, It's August and we are in the midst of a hotly contested race for President and the control of both houses of Congress. I’m...

Our director, Joy Chong-Stannard, found the following excerpt from an interview with AQ that we recorded in 2008, just weeks before her...

Not many people today are aware of labor’s role in creating the Aloha United Way organization. In 1966, with leadership from the ILWU’s...

As unions were gaining strength in the 1930s and 40’s, anti-communist hysteria was mobilized in attempts to divide union members and...

In November 2008, just weeks before her death, AQ sat down with us for a series of interviews. The following is an excerpt from one of...

Aloha e, Coming up on March 8 is International Women’s Day, a time for celebration of women’s achievements and to renew our commitment to...

Aloha e, We know AQ as a determined fighter for the working class and the cause of unionism, she was not one dimensional. She was a...

During Longshore strikes in Hawaiʻi, 1949 and 1971, the bosses promoted public fear as a weapon against the workers. During the 177 day...

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Centuries, Hawai`i like many jurisdictions enacted specific laws aimed at crushing the...

Aloha e, You may be familiar with the history of racial segregation of schools that was practiced on the Continent and the landmark 1954...

Aloha e, I first met AQ in 1978, when I moved to Honolulu from Cleveland, Ohio. At the time, one of the predominant social action causes...

Aloha e, September brings Labor Day, a national holiday that celebrates the lives of working people and the labor movement. The first...

Aloha e, I’ve been promising that our AQ documentary, The Struggle Never Ends, will be completed in 2023. The SAG-AFTRA strike has...

Aloha e, I was recently interviewed by a young Hawaiʻi journalist. When I mentioned the hardship caused by martial law in Hawaiʻi...