Sister
Maria Santiago Lillis became an Organizer for the IAM at Local Lodge
1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1996. In late 1997, she was appointed as a
Grand Lodge Representative for the Western Territory.
Sister
Lillis' current assignment is the State of Hawaii, where she
is responsible for overseeing the servicing and organizing activities
for LL 1998, along with protecting related interests of the Machinists
Union statewide, and on the mainland when requried. Local 1998 has
approximately 2600 bargaining unit members under 15 Collective
Bargaining Agreements held with employers in both the the private and
federal sector areas.
GLR Lillis serves as the Western Territory's Assistant Coordinator for Federal Sector work.
Formerly from Philadelphia, PA, GLR Lillis has lived in Hawaii for about 22 years.. Her
previous background includes community activism and advocacy for Native
Hawaiian families. Additionally, she spent 13 years in the private
sector in the field chemical dependency. Maria worked the full range
from detox, rehabilitation, counseling, prevention, training
professionals, producing training videos, curricula,
evaluation tools and consultation, eventually earning promotion to
Manager.
