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He hōʻailona nā tulip a me nā daffodils i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka pūnāwai, akā ua anuanu nā māla i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka hana a nā limahana. Uhi mau ka hau i ka wā e hele ai nā limahana i nā lālani tulip e kanu i nā ʻōpuʻu ma ke komohana ʻākau o Wakinekona, kokoke i ka palena ʻo Kanada.
Ke hoʻomaka ka ʻohi ʻana, pēlā pū nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. I ka wā e ʻoki ai ka mea hana i kahi daffodil, no ka laʻana, pono ʻo ia e pale i ka wai e kahe ana mai ke kumu mai - kahi kumu o ka ʻeha ʻeha o ka ʻili.
ʻAe, nani loa nā māla pua e hiki ai iā lākou ke lawe i kou hanu, akā ʻo nā kūlana i mahi ʻia a ʻohi ʻia e like me ka ʻino e like me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. "He hana koʻikoʻi ka tulips, akā he hana ia i ka manawa o ka makahiki i paʻakikī ke loaʻa ka hana," wahi a ka mea mahiʻai ʻo Tomas Ramon. "I kēia makahiki ua ho'ōki mākou i ka hoʻomanawanui i nā pilikia. Ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻololi i nā mea. "
Ma ka Pōʻakahi, Malaki 21, ua piʻi ko lākou hauʻoli i ke poʻo. ʻEkolu mau luina ohi ma Wakinekona Bulb i hoʻopiʻi i ka hui no ka pōkole ʻana i nā bonus i uku ʻia ma luna o kā lākou uku hola, ʻo ka palena iki o Wakinekona he $14.69. Loaʻa i nā limahana kēlā uku keu inā ʻoi aku lākou i ka quota i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka hui no ka ʻohi pua.
ʻO ka hui makua o RoozenGaarde Flowers and Bulbs ʻo Washington Bulb, ka mea kanu tulip nui loa o ka lāhui.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou kēia mau pilikia no ka manawa lōʻihi," wehewehe ʻo Ramon, nāna i ʻoki i nā tulip no Washington Bulb no ʻehiku makahiki. "A ua hana mau ka hui i nā kumu ʻaʻole e kamaʻilio me mākou."
Ua ho'ōki ka poʻe hana i ka hana ma ia Pōʻakahi a kali mai ka ʻewalu o ke kakahiaka e ʻike i ka pane ʻana o nā mea nona. Ua maʻi ka luna nui, haʻi ʻia lākou. E kamaʻilio pū kekahi o ka hui me lākou, akā ma ke ʻano he kanaka. "ʻAʻole mākou i makemake i kēlā," wahi a Ramon. "He mau lālā mākou o ka uniona, a ʻo ka uniona e kū nei iā mākou."
UNION MA KAHI E HELE AI
Ma luna o ʻelua hapakolu o ka poʻe ʻohi 150 no Washington Bulb e hana ana ma ka mokuʻāina mea kanu hua nui loa, Sakuma Farms, ma hope o ke kau—kahi i kūʻai ai lākou ma ke ʻano he lālā o Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ), he hui kūʻokoʻa. E hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2013, ka poʻe mahiʻai ma laila hahau a hookiekie, a loaʻa i kahi ʻaelike ma hope o ʻehā makahiki. Ua hoʻokumu lākou i ka Familias Unidas. Ma Washington Bulb ʻaʻohe ʻaelike hui, akā. Akā iā Ramon a me kāna mau hoa hana, he mau lālā lākou o FUJ ma nā wahi a pau a lākou e hele ai.
I ka wā ʻaʻole e kamaʻilio ka hui ma ia Pōʻakahi, ua koho ʻia he 70 mau limahana e kuʻi i ka lā aʻe. He 20 hou aʻe i hui pū me lākou i ke kakahiaka aʻe, a koi hou lākou e kamaʻilio me ka hui. I kēia manawa ua haʻi aku kekahi o nā mea nona ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kamaʻilio inā aia ka pelekikena o Familias Unidas, ʻo Ramon Torres.
“No laila, ʻōlelo mākou, 'Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e kamaʻilio me ko mākou lunamakaʻāinana, ʻaʻole mākou e kamaʻilio ole iā ia, '” hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Tomas Ramon. "'He hui ko makou a pono oe e hana i kuikahi me ia.' No laila, huhū ka haku a haʻalele.
I kēlā Pōʻakolu, e nalu wale ana nā pua i ka makani, e kali ana i kahi e ʻohi ai. I ka lā ma hope, ua kelepona ka loio ʻoihana i ka loio hui ʻo Kathy Barnard. Me ka hoʻohiki e hoʻomaka i ke kūkākūkā ʻana, ua ʻae nā limahana e hoʻi i nā lālani ma hope o ka hopena pule, a ua hoʻomaka nā kamaʻilio.
"Ma ka lā mua o ka hahau, ua hui mua nā limahana, koho i komite, a waiho i kā lākou mau koi ma ke kākau ʻana," wahi a ka luna kālai'āina o FUJ ʻo Edgar Franks. "Ma hope o nā makahiki ʻehā o ka hakakā ʻana no ka ʻaelike ma Sakuma Farms, ua ʻike lākou pehea e hoʻonohonoho koke ai iā lākou iho. Loaʻa iā lākou nā kākoʻo kaiaulu ma kā lākou laina picket ma hope o ka lā mua. Ua loaʻa iā lākou kā lākou papa inoa o nā koi, a ua koi ʻia ka ʻoihana e ʻae. "
KA MANAWA RUBBER BAND
I ka hui ʻana o ke komite limahana a me Torres me ka pelekikena ʻo Washington Bulb Leo Roosens i ka Pōʻalima, ua hele lākou ma kahi kikoʻī ma luna o kā lākou mau koi 16. Ua hoʻohiki waha ʻo Roosens e hoʻoholo i nā mea āpau koe wale nō ka koi no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uku.
"ʻO ka mea nui loa iā mākou ʻo ka uku ʻana iā mākou no ka manawa a mākou e hoʻolilo ai i ke kau ʻana i nā kaula hao ma ke apo," wahi a Ramon. Pono ka poʻe paʻahana e hoʻopaʻa i kahi kaula hao a puni kēlā me kēia pua a lākou i ʻoki ai, mai nā haneli haneli i paʻa ma ke apo. ʻOhi kēlā me kēia mea hana i nā tausani o nā pūpū i ka lā, no laila ke kau ʻana i nā kaula i ke apo e lōʻihi ka manawa.
"ʻAʻole lawa ka manawa, a ʻaʻole makemake nā luna hoʻomalu e hoʻomaha nā kānaka i ka wā hana. No laila, i nā wā hoʻomaha a i ka ʻaina awakea, hoʻopiha mākou i ke apo. Hāʻawi lākou iā mākou i kahi ʻeke hui e lawe i ka home a hana i laila. "
ʻAʻole uku ka hui i kēia manawa keu, no laila ʻōlelo ʻo koi #7, “E hana ʻia nā hana a pau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaula hao i nā pua pua i ka wā hana, me ka ʻole o ka ʻaina awakea a me nā hoʻomaha hoʻomaha. ʻAʻole e hana ʻia kēia hana ma waho o ka uaki. " "Ua ʻike ka poʻe hana he kuleana ko lākou i kēia, no ka mea, ua lanakila ka uniona i kahi hoʻopiʻi e koi ana i ka poʻe mahiʻai ma Wakinekona e uku no ka manawa hoʻomaha, ʻoiai no nā limahana e hana ana i nā uku ʻāpana a i ʻole nā pōmaikaʻi," wahi a Franks.
KAA, PONO, A ME NA LUMAUAU
Pono nā limahana e hele i ka hapalua mile mai kahi a lākou e paka ai i kā lākou kaʻa i nā lālani kahi e hana ai lākou, ʻaʻole e uku ʻia e ka hui. No laila, ʻōlelo ʻo point 3, "E uku ʻia ka poʻe hana i ka uku hola mai ka manawa a lākou e haʻalele ai i kā lākou kaʻa ma nā wahi kaʻa o ka hui a hiki i ko lākou hoʻi ʻana i kā lākou kaʻa…
ʻO nā mīkina lima he $30 hoʻokahi, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Ramon, a ʻo ka hana ʻana me ka ʻole o ia mau mea ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōpala mai ka wai mai ka ʻoki ʻana i nā daffodils. “Aia ka ʻoihana i ka cream hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo i ke kōkua me ia, akā aia ma ke keʻena a ʻaʻole pinepine lākou e hāʻawi iā ʻoe. ʻOiai inā hana lākou, hāʻawi lākou iā ʻoe i kahi mea liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole lawa. No laila, ʻo kahi koi ʻē aʻe no nā lako pale i hāʻawi ʻia e ka hui, a me ka ʻaila i loaʻa ma nā kula.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻewalu o ke kōmike uniona, ʻelua wahine. Hoʻokahi wale nō lumi ʻauʻau no ka poʻe o 50-60 poʻe, a ua hoʻokomo lākou i kahi koi no ʻehā lumi ʻauʻau no kēlā me kēia hui, ʻelua no nā wahine a ʻelua no nā kāne, i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua koi pū lākou i kahi koi no ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana, e pāpā ana i ka makemake ʻole mai nā luna, "e aʻo ʻia e mālama i nā limahana me ka mahalo ...
ʻO ka koi hope loa e ʻike ka ʻoihana iā Familias Unidas por la Justicia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele kūʻai no nā limahana Washington Bulb. Inā loaʻa ka ʻaelike ma ia wahi, e hoʻolilo ʻo ia i ka hui ʻelua ma ka mokuʻāina me kahi ʻaelike FUJ.
KA MANAWA KUAI
Hoʻomaka ka Skagit Valley Tulip Festival i ka lā 1 ʻApelila, a holo no hoʻokahi mahina. ʻO ka hana uila ma lalo o ʻelua pule ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka Roosens, ka ʻohana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana tulip, me ka manaʻo o nā laina picket ma mua o nā kula, ʻoiai e hōʻea ana nā mākaʻikaʻi e paʻi kiʻi a kūʻai i nā pua.
Aneane ekolu makahiki e hana ana i keia hana, a o kekahi poe ma kahi o 15. Ua ike lakou i ka pono o ka manawa a me ka pilikia o ka hui. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia lākou i maʻalahi i ka hoʻoholo wikiwiki ʻana i kahi hana hana.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻoholo i hilinaʻi ʻia i nā kuʻuna hui o nā hui ʻōiwi ʻelua mai Oaxaca a me ka ʻaoʻao hema o Mekiko i hana i ka limahana, ʻo Triquis a me Mixtecos. Ua wehewehe ʻo Ramon, he Triqui, "ua kamaʻilio kēlā me kēia kaiāulu i loko ona iho. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kaiāulu kona kaʻina hana, akā loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano pilikia like a me ka ʻike like. Ua makemake mākou a pau e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea, no laila ua ʻae mākou. Ma ia kaʻina hana e hui ai nā lālā o ke kaiāulu, kūkākūkā, a hiki i kahi hoʻoholo no ka poʻe a pau.
Ma Sakuma Farms, ʻaʻole i koho ʻia nā wahine i ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka uniona, a i loko o nā kaiāulu, ua noho nā wahine i kahi noho hope. Ma Washington Bulb, ua koho ʻia ʻelua wahine i ke komite uniona, a ua koi ʻia. "He hana nui kēlā no mākou," wahi a Ramon. Hāʻawi pū ia i nā wahine ma nā kula e ʻeha nei i ka hoʻomāinoino i ka hiki ke lawe i nā hoʻopiʻi i nā wahine ma ke alakaʻi uniona, ma kahi o nā kāne.
KA MAKA'U NUI O NA LOKU
"ʻO ka hana pololei ka mea e neʻe ai nā mea," wahi a Franks. "Ua hoʻomanawanui ka poʻe no ka mea makaʻu lākou ʻaʻole lākou i hana. Akā, ke hele ka poʻe hana i ke kuʻi, nalowale kēlā makaʻu iā lākou, hoʻihoʻi i hope, a ʻo ia ka mea e neʻe ai. ʻO ka hana pololei ka mea waiwai nui iā mākou, a me ka makaʻu nui o nā luna. Ke lawe ka poʻe hana i kēlā lele o ka manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i ka honua i kahi ʻōlelo hou, a ʻike i ko lākou waiwai maoli. "
I keia la ma ke komohana o Wasinetona, a e ulu ana ka poe mahiai ua loaʻa kēlā ʻike, a ke hahai nei ʻo FUJ iā lākou i nā wahi hou a me nā mahiʻai ma muli o ka hopena. ʻAʻole ia he manaʻo hou—i ka makahiki 1940, ua hahai ʻo Larry Itliong i nā limahana hana cannery Filipino mai Alaska, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kā lākou mau kaua kiʻekiʻe i Local 37 o ka International Longshore and Warehouse Union, hoʻi i kā lākou hana ma ke kahua o ke awāwa ʻo San Joaquin. Ma laila, ua lilo lākou i puʻuwai o ka hoʻonohonoho hui ʻana a hiki i ka hahau waina nui o 1965. Ua hui hope lākou me nā limahana Latino e hoʻokumu i ka United Farm Workers i kēia manawa.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e koi i ka pilikia me nā limahana ma aneʻi," wahi a Franks. “Ua mākaukau ka hui e kākoʻo iā lākou ke mākaukau lākou e hana i ka hana. Aia nā pilikia no 20 mau makahiki, akā i kēia manawa, ma muli o Sakuma, aia kahi kaiaola hiki iā lākou ke hilinaʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā limahana e lanakila ana a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana ma mua o nā makahiki i hala. Ke ulu nei ko lākou alakaʻi, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomanawanui hou i kēia.
KA MANAʻO: I ka manawa paʻi, ua loaʻa ka ʻaelike me ka hui ma ka papa inoa o nā koi o nā limahana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka uniona ka luna kūʻai kūʻokoʻa, ua ʻae ka hui e mālama i ke komite uniona ma ke ʻano he ʻelele o nā limahana. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā limahana e koho i ka ʻaelike ma Malaki 29.
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