Complex sentence: Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were officers and reformers in Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), there were elected on a reform platform as officers of ILWU Local 37--to end corruption and bribery in the union.
Split into simpler sentences: Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were officers and reformers in Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU). They were elected on a reform platform as officers of ILWU Local 37--to end corruption and bribery in the union.