ʻO Orlando ka helu ʻekahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina, ua ʻōlelo ka AFGE Union i kahi hoʻokuʻu ma kāna pūnaewele, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Orlando International Airport i ke kahua mokulele kiʻekiʻe no ka ʻoluʻolu o nā mea kūʻai aku e JD Power's 2017 North America Airport Satisfaction Study . I loko naʻe o kēia, i Pepeluali ua koho ʻo GOAA e waiho i ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele i nā lima o ka poʻe i hoʻomaʻamaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻia, ka uku haʻahaʻa - ʻo kahi neʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia e AFGE e pōʻino i ke kaiāulu a e hoʻopilikia i ke ola o ka poʻe huakaʻi.
I kēia lā, ua koho ka Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) e hoʻopau i kāna koho hoʻopaʻapaʻa mua e hoʻomaka i ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻaelike ʻana i ka palekana ma Orlando International Airport.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o GOAA e kau i ka palekana o ka poʻe huakaʻi ma luna o nā mea kūʻai kūʻokoʻa i loaʻa i ka waiwai ma o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kāna koho mua e pani i nā luna TSA i hoʻomaʻamaʻa federally me nā mea nānā pilikino," wahi a American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox, Sr.
"Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā luna TSA a hoʻohiki e pale i ko mākou ʻāina. ʻAʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia ko lākou mākaukau a me ko lākou kūpaʻa e ka poʻe ʻaelike. ʻO kēlā me kēia hoʻāʻo e hana pēlā, he hopena koʻikoʻi ia i ka ʻoihana kūloko a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Orlando– ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka palekana o ka lehulehu lele, "wahi a AFGE District 5 National Vice President Everett Kelley.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua helu ʻia nā Luna Hoʻomalu Kaapuni ma Orlando International Airport i ka ʻehiku ma ka ʻāina no ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o nā pū- 84 pakeneka o ia mau mea i hoʻouka ʻia.
"Ua hoʻohiki kēia mau luna i hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui ʻia a mākaukau e pale i ke Kumukānāwai a me ka lehulehu ʻAmelika a ua ʻike ʻia no kā lākou hana ikaika e JD Power. Akā no nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua kū kēia mau kāne a me nā wahine i ka hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o kā lākou mau hana, nā penikala, a me nā pono," wahi a Kelley.
Manaʻo ʻo AFGE i ka hoʻoholo hoʻohuli ʻia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o TSA, ka Papa GOAA, a me nā loio o Florida i hui pū e hana i nā pilikia lōʻihi e hana i nā hoʻonā maoli.
"Mahalo nui ʻo AFGE iā Senatoa Nelson lāua ʻo Rubio, Congressmembers Demings, Soto, a me Murphy, Mayor Dyer, hoʻokele TSA, a me ka papa GOAA no kā lākou hana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kēia koho e hoʻopakele i nā hana kūloko a pale i nā kamaʻāina o ka ʻāpana metro o Orlando," wahi a Cox. "Ua hui pū mākou me nā lālā o Congress, GOAA, a me TSA e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka nānā ʻana i nā mea kaʻa ma Orlando a mālama i nā hana ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi kaukani."
ʻO AFGE, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o 45,000 mau Luna TSA ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, ua ikaika i ka hakakā e hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana i nā lima o nā luna i hoʻomaʻamaʻa federally.
"Mahalo i ka poʻe a pau i kū pū me mākou i ka lōkahi i kēia hakakā ʻana," wahi a AFGE TSA Council President Hydrick Thomas. "Ua ʻike mākou a pau i ke koʻikoʻi o kā mākou limahana TSA, a hauʻoli mākou ua hoʻoholo ka papa GOAA e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka lehulehu lele ma o ka mālama ʻana i nā luna TSA ma ka hana."
