Puna: Capital & Main
Ke hoʻomaka nei ka poʻe mahiʻai e lawe mai i ka nalu o nā limahana hana ʻaelike i loko o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona no ke kau e hiki mai ana e ʻohi i nā ʻāpala, keri a me nā hua ʻē aʻe. Ke hōʻea nei nā limahana i nā koi olakino a me ka palekana o COVID-19 no ka poʻe mahiʻai, me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka luna kānāwai kiʻekiʻe ma Yakima County, ka puʻuwai o ka ʻāina ʻāpala o ka mokuʻāina.
I kēia manawa ke kokoke mai nei kahi koho balota i ka US Senate e alakaʻi i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka papahana limahana malihini H-2A, i hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea ulu ma ka ʻāina e kiʻi i kēia mau limahana.
I ka makahiki 2020, ʻoiai ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, lawe mai nā mea ulu a me nā limahana hana i 28,959 mau limahana, kokoke mai Mekiko, e hana ma nā māla a me nā māla o Wakinekona, he 10% ka piʻi ʻana ma mua o ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ka lāhui, ʻo ka nui o nā limahana H-2A i lawe ʻia mai i ka US i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻia mai 79,011 a 275,430 i hoʻokahi makahiki.
Ua hōʻeha ʻo COVID-19 i nā hale hana malihini kipa ma Wakinekona i ka lā ʻApelila i hala aku nei, e hoʻomaka ana me 36 mau limahana ma kahi hale hale Stemilt Growers ma East Wenatchee. I loko o nā mahina ʻewalu mau pūʻulu ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻia, a ma ka waena o Mei ʻo Yakima County he 2,186 mau hihia - 122 i hōʻike ʻia ma Mei 15 wale nō - a he 73 mau kānaka i make.
Me 455 mau maʻi i kēlā me kēia 100,000 kamaʻāina, ʻo ke kalana ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o COVID-19 ma ke Komohana Komohana. A laila, make ʻo Juan Carlos Santiago Rincon, he mea hana H-2A Mekiko, i loko o kahi pā hale ʻo Gebbers Farms i Iulai. ʻO ka lua o ka make ma hope o hoʻokahi pule ma hope - he kanaka mahiʻai Jamaican 63 makahiki, ʻo Earl Edwards, i hele mai i Wakinekona State ma ke ʻano he limahana H-2A no kekahi mau makahiki.
Ua ʻike wale nā luna olakino o ka mokuʻāina e pili ana i ka make ʻana o Santiago ma o nā kelepona kelepona ʻole mai nā limahana. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Ernesto Dimas, kekahi limahana Gebbers Spokane Wahi'olelo-Loaa ua hoʻouna ka hui i nā limahana i loko o nā māla ʻai ʻoiai ke hōʻike nei lākou i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā poʻe e ʻū ana i nā wahi āpau," wahi āna. Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā limahana maʻi i kahi hoʻomoana kaʻawale, akā ua ʻōlelo kekahi limahana maʻi, ʻo Juan Celin Guerrero Camacho, "Ua makaʻu wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea i hana ʻia - ʻaʻole loaʻa nā limahana i ka mālama olakino."
"ʻO ka Farm Workforce Modernization Act ka moeʻuhane o ka ʻoihana. ʻO nā lanakila liʻiliʻi a mākou i hakakā ai hiki ke lawe ʻia, e like me kēlā.
— Edgar Franks, Familias Unidas por la Justicia
ʻO nā pā hale no nā limahana H-2A e waiho iā lākou i nā maʻi maʻi. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou i nā lumi a puni kahi noho maʻamau a me kahi lumi kuke. ʻEhā mau limahana e noho ana i kēlā me kēia lumi, e hiamoe ana i ʻelua mau moena moe, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke mālama i nā kapuaʻi ʻeono i koi ʻia e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka contagion. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stemilt Growers he 90 ia mau hale moe ma waena o Wakinekona, me 1,677 mau moena, ʻo ka hapalua o ia mau hale moe. Hoʻohui ia i kahi "pilikia kūʻokoʻa," e like me ka ʻōlelo hoʻokolokolo i hāʻawi ʻia i ka Mei i hala e University of Washington epidemiologists Dr. ʻO Anjum Hajat lāua ʻo Catherine Karr.
ʻO Familias Unidas por la Justicia, ka hui ʻoihana mahiʻai hou o ka mokuʻāina; Nā lawelawe kānāwai Columbia; a me nā mea kākoʻo ʻē aʻe i hoʻopiʻi i ka mokuʻāina i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala ma Malaki, e koi ana i nā hana palekana maikaʻi aʻe. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou i lanakila i ka pāpā ʻana i nā moena moe, ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i nā pale ʻē aʻe, me ka nānā ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā no nā limahana me nā hōʻailona COVID-19, ke komo wikiwiki ʻana i nā lawelawe pilikia a me ka ʻae ʻana i nā mea kākoʻo kaiāulu e hoʻopili i nā limahana ma nā mahiʻai.
Akā, ua hoʻopau ʻia kēlā mau lanakila e ka Lunakanawai Kiʻekiʻe o Yakima County ʻo Blaine Gibson i ka lā 21 ʻApelila.
I loko o kahi nūhou, ua kapa ʻia ʻo John Stuhlmiller, ka luna nui o ka Washington Farm Bureau, he "hoʻoholo manaʻo maʻamau" a me nā "hoʻoponopono ʻepekema." Ua kāhea ʻo ia no ka "hoʻopau a hoʻololi paha" i nā koi ʻē aʻe, me nā palena o nā moena moe a i ʻole nā hana mamao ʻē aʻe, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma mua "nā palena ʻoihana."
ʻAʻole ʻo Washington State kahi mea hoʻokō ikaika i nā lula. ʻOiai ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ke Keʻena ʻOihana o ka mokuʻāina ʻaʻole hiki ke mālama ʻia, a ʻōlelo ka 'Oihana o Labour and Industries ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokō iā lākou. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Scott Lindquist, ka maʻi maʻi maʻi kamaʻilio mokuʻāina i loko o ka ʻōlelo hoʻokolokolo ma ka lā 13 ʻApelila e hiki ai i ke kelepona kelepona i kēlā me kēia lā i kahi limahana maʻi, mai kahi kumu i ʻike ʻole ʻia, hiki ke lawe i kahi o nā kipa olakino.
Akā ʻo Edgar Franks, ka luna hoʻomalu politika no Familias Unidas por la Justicia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻano "ʻaʻole i kōkua i nā limahana i make ma Gebbers, no ka mea ʻaʻohe lawelawe kelepona no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi ma kēlā kuaʻāina. ”
I kēia manawa, ua koi ʻo Congressman Dan Newhouse, kahi mea ulu mai ke awāwa ʻo Yakima, i ka Farm Workforce Modernization Act ma o ka US House of Representatives, a ke kali nei ia i kahi koho balota ma ka Senate.
"ʻO ka Farm Workforce Modernization Act ka moeʻuhane o ka ʻoihana," wahi a Franks, "no ka mea e ʻae iā lākou e hana i kā lākou makemake me nā limahana, me ka uku ʻana iā lākou i nā uku haʻahaʻa, a me ka papa inoa ʻeleʻele a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou inā kūʻē lākou. ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo hou a ka luna kānāwai e hoʻāʻo ai iā mākou i nā mea e hiki mai ana. ʻO nā lanakila liʻiliʻi a mākou i hakakā ai hiki ke lawe ʻia, e like me kēlā.
Aia i loko o ka pila kekahi papahana hoʻopaʻa kānāwai paʻakikī no kekahi o nā limahana mahiʻai palapala ʻole 1.2 miliona o ka ʻāina, a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻokō e pale ai i ka poʻe palapala ʻole mai ka hana ʻana i ka mahiʻai i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻOiai ua piʻi ka hana ʻole i ka wā maʻi maʻi, ʻōlelo ka poʻe mea kanu ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā limahana kūloko e makemake e ʻohi i nā hua o Wakinekona.
ʻO ka hopena koʻikoʻi o ka bila, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaha ʻana o nā kapu i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka papahana visa H-2A, e alakaʻi paha i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka nui o nā limahana i lawe ʻia mai i ka US e nā mea ulu a me nā mea hana hana.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Dan Fazio, ka luna o ka lua o ka ʻoihana hana nui loa o ka ʻāina no nā limahana H-2A, ʻo ka Washington Farm Labor Association, i ka Capital Press, "hana ka papahana, a ʻaʻohe o mākou mea ʻē aʻe."
ʻOiai ua piʻi ka hana ʻole i ka wā maʻi maʻi, ʻōlelo ka poʻe mea kanu ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā limahana kūloko e makemake e ʻohi i nā hua o Wakinekona. "ʻAʻole mākou ʻike i kahi hopena mai ka helu hana ʻole no nā limahana US," wahi a Fazio.
Wahi a Washington State Tree Fruit Association Pelekikena Jon DeVaney, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe hana ʻole e hana no ka mea "ke hōʻiliʻili nei lākou i nā pono hana ʻole mokuʻāina a federal."
Ua lanakila ʻo Lunamakaʻāinana Newhouse i ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā mea ulu no ka pila, akā he 30 mau Repubalika wale nō i koho no ia. ʻO ke kākoʻo kākoʻo o ka bila ʻo Silicon Valley Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, a ʻo kēlā me kēia Demokarata i loko o ka Hale - koe wale nō ʻo Jared Golden o Maine - i koho no ia, ʻo nā ʻelele hema o ka ʻaoʻao.
"Aia kahi ʻokoʻa maoli ma waena o nā mea hana kulekele mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ka ʻāina," i hoʻopiʻi ai ʻo Franks. "Ke mālama nei lākou i kahi ʻōnaehana e hoʻopilikia ana i nā limahana. Me kēia hoʻoholo a ka luna kānāwai, ua hōʻole ʻia nā hui kaiaulu a me nā uniona i ke komo ʻana i kēia mau limahana, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou i loko o kahi paʻa.
Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stuhlmiller, "Ua like mākou a pau i ka pahuhopu hoʻokahi: ka pale ʻana i ke olakino limahana mahiʻai ʻoiai e mālama ana i kā mākou poʻe mahiʻai i ka ʻoihana."
I loko o nā lā o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka luna kānāwai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gov. Jay Inslee, "ke ʻike nei mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka piʻi ʻehā [coronavirus] ma ka mokuʻāina o Wakinekona."
E loaʻa ʻole i nā limahana malihini i hoʻopilikia ʻia i kahi helu kelepona hiki iā lākou ke kelepona i ka wā e maʻi ai lākou.
ʻO David Bacon he mea kākau moʻolelo a he mea paʻi kiʻi e uhi ana i ka hana, ka neʻe ʻana a me ka hopena o ka hoʻokele honua i nā limahana.
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