Del Monte Fresh Produce (Hawaii), Inc. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union, Local 142

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

This ease arises from Del Monte Fresh Produce Company’s 2006 decision to cease growing pineapples at its plantation on 0‘ahu. The company’s subsidiary, Del Monte Fresh Produce (Hawaii), Inc., subsequently bargained with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142, with regard to the effects of that decision on Del Monte employees in Hawai'i. The Union believed the company was not negotiating in good faith, and on August 21, 2006, it filed a complaint with the Hawai'i Labor Relations Board alleging that Del Monte had engaged in unfair…