I kēia lā, ʻo ka AFL-CIO, ka Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), ka Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), ka International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) a me United Airlines i hui pū e lele ma mua o 300 nā mea pane mua a me nā mea manawaleʻa akamai - me nā kahu hānai, nā kauka, nā uila, nā ʻenekinia, nā kamanā a me nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa - i Puerto Rico e kōkua i nā hana hoʻomaha a kūkulu hou.
ʻO ka lele kekahi ala e pane aku ai i ka makemake wikiwiki e kiʻi i nā limahana akamai loa i Puerto Rico e kōkua i ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ke kōkua olakino a me ke kōkua kanaka a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana. ʻOiai ma Puerto Rico, e hui pū nā limahana me ka Puerto Rico Federation of Labor a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo San Juan ma nā hana like ʻole, me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ala ala, mālama i nā maʻi maʻi, hoʻopuka i nā lako pilikia, a hoʻihoʻi i ka mana a me nā kamaʻilio.
Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo United Airlines i kahi 777-300, kekahi o nā mokulele nui loa a hou loa i kona mau ʻauwaʻa, e lele i kēia hui kōkua kanaka i San Juan. Ma waho aʻe o nā haneli o nā limahana akamai loa i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e ka AFL-CIO, ua hoʻokele ʻia ka mokulele e ALPA- a me AFA-CWA-represented United Airlines pilots a me nā kahu mokulele e hāʻawi manawaleʻa ana i ko lākou manawa. E kākoʻo pū nā limahana ramp United IAM i ka lele ma ka ʻāina ma Newark a me San Juan.
Ua haʻalele ka mokulele i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Newark Liberty ma ka hola 11 am ET a hiki i ke kahua mokulele ʻo San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín ma kahi o 2:45 pm ET. Ke lawe nei ka mokulele i ʻoi aku ma mua o 35,000 paona o nā lako kōkua pilikia e like me ka meaʻai, ka wai a me nā mea pono. Ua hoʻohana ka mokulele i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻumi mau mokulele i Puerto Rico, e lawe ana ma kahi o 740,000 paona o nā ukana pili i ka hoʻomaha a ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,300 evacuees.
Ke hoʻi nei ka mokulele United i Newark i kēia ahiahi me nā poʻe i haʻalele mai Puerto Rico. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia poʻe kaʻa i nā noho hoʻomaikaʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā hana kōkua kanaka a United ma Puerto Rico.
“ʻO nā ʻohana hana o Puerto Rico ko mākou mau kaikunāne a me nā kaikuahine. A ʻo kēia hui like ʻole e lawe mai i nā limahana akamai i nā laina mua e hāʻawi i nā lako, mālama i nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia a kūkulu hou i Puerto Rico, "wahi a ka Pelekikena AFL-CIO ʻo Richard Trumka. "ʻO kā mākou neʻe i ka maikaʻi loa ke hana pū mākou i nā manawa pilikia nui. Akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi inā ʻike mākou i ke kumu maʻamau a hui pū me ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana i nā hoʻonā e hāpai i ko mākou kaiāulu. ʻO kēia hana e pili ana i ka poʻe hana e kōkua i ka poʻe hana i nā ala āpau e hiki ai. I nā manawa o ka pōʻino nui, hui pū ko mākou ʻāina, a ua kūpaʻa mākou e hana i kā mākou ʻāpana e kōkua i ka poʻe o Puerto Rico.
"I ka ʻike ʻana o ko mākou mau kaikuahine a me nā kaikunāne i ka pono i ko mākou kaiāulu a i ʻole ka honua, ʻaʻole mākou e nīnau inā pono mākou e hana, nīnau mākou pehea," wahi a AFA-CWA International Pelekikena Sara Nelson. "I kēia lā ka hopena o ko mākou ikaika hui, aloha a me ka hoʻokō i ka hana. Haʻaheo wau ua pane ʻo United i ke kāhea e lawe i kahi hui o nā limahana kōkua ma waena o nā ʻohana hana o ʻAmelika e mālama i ko mākou mau kaikuahine a me nā kaikunāne ma Puerto Rico. Ua lokahi kakou i ka hapai ana i ko kakou mau hoa Amerika. He hanohano ka lawelawe ʻana ma luna o ka poʻe hana manawaleʻa o nā Flight Attendants a me nā Pilots e lawe ana i nā limahana kōkua akamai a hoʻi i New York me nā haneli e pono ai ke ala palekana mai Puerto Rico.
"Pono ko mākou mau hoa ʻAmelika ma Puerto Rico ke kōkua a he heihei kēia i ka manawa," wahi a Kāpena Todd Insler, Luna Hoʻomalu, ALPA United Airlines. "Hoʻohanohano ʻia nā pailaka ALPA o United Airlines i ka lele ʻana i kēia mau limahana akamai a me nā limahana lapaʻau i San Juan i kēia lā, a e hoʻomau i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana kōkua kanaka i mua. Hoʻomaikaʻi mākou i kēia mau mea manawaleʻa wiwo ʻole e hoʻolaʻa nei i ko lākou manawa, haʻalele ʻole i ko lākou mau home a me nā ʻohana, a pane i ke kāhea e kōkua. ʻO ka ikaika o nā uniona i hōʻike ʻia ma kēia lele ʻana mai nā limahana e hui pū ana e kōkua kekahi i kekahi. Pēlā nō hoʻi, ʻo ka ikaika o kēia hoʻoikaika kōkua ʻana mai iā mākou a pau - ka hana, ka hoʻokele a me ke aupuni - e kū pū ana e kōkua i ko mākou mau hoa kamaʻāina i ko lākou manawa pilikia.
"ʻAʻole lawe wale kēia mokulele i nā lako i makemake nui ʻia a me nā limahana uniona akamai, akā ʻo ke aloha a me ke kākoʻo o nā lālā IAM ʻoi aku ma mua o 33,000 ma United e hoʻomau i ke kōkua ʻana i ka poʻe o Puerto Rico e ola hou," wahi a IAM General Vice President Sito Pantoja.
"Ke kāhea aku ko mākou mau kaiāulu no ke kōkua, hiki iā mākou ke hui pū a hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia nui loa ma ke kāhea ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa iā mākou iho. Ua pane pinepine mākou i kēia kelepona i nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ʻo Puerto Rico, "wahi a Oscar Munoz, Luna Nui o United Airlines. "Ke hoʻohālikelike nei kēia lele i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o nā ʻAmelika, nā alakaʻi hui a me nā ʻoihana e hui pū me ka manaʻo like o ka manaʻo e hana i kahi ʻano hoʻololi ola i kēia manawa koʻikoʻi. Mahalo nui mākou i nā mea pane mua a pau, nā limahana akamai loa a me nā limahana o United e hele ana i luna a ma waho aʻe e hele mai e kōkua iā Puerto Rico.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā uniona a puni ʻo ʻAmelika i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lako a me nā hana manawaleʻa ʻē aʻe ma kahi o ka lele ʻana o kēia lā. Hōʻike ʻia nā lālā o ka lele i kēia lā e 20 uniona mai 17 mokuʻāina.
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