O le a tetee le au galulue a le Iuni a Ausetalia i Sini nei i le lagolago ai i le au Fiti Fiti i luga o le vaalele e pei ona lokaina mai le latou falefaigaluega i le Nadi International Airport e le kamupani o le Air Terminal Services (ATS) talu mai Tesema 220, 16.

O le tauaofiaga, faʻatulagaina e le International Transport Workers 'Federation (ITF), o le a valaʻau ai i le Malo o Fiti - o le 51 pasene tagata e umia sea i le ATS - e faia se gaioiga vave e faʻamutaina ai le lokaina ma faʻatagaina tagata faigaluega e toe foi mai i le galuega.

Ua fautuaina ai e le Peresetene o le ITF, Paddy Crumlin, le malo o Fiti e faʻatino: "Ua ova ma le masina, e 220 tagata faigaluega ua lokaina, mo le puipuia o aia tatau a tagata faigaluega.

"O le Malo Fiti ei ai le malosiaga e foia ai lenei feeseeseaiga, ma, faatasi ai ma mea e ola ai le selau o tagata faigaluega ma o latou aiga i luga o le laina, matou te manaʻomia se faaiuga vave."

O tagata faigaluega - tagata e faʻatutu ato, aufaigaluega siaki, inisinia ma tautua, na faʻatutuina ina ua maeʻa ona auai i se fonotaga talu ai nei na talanoaina ai faʻafitauli o le le lelei o le puleaina ma le faʻafefeina o totogi, e aofia ai ma le 11 tausaga na faʻamalo ai le totogi.

O le tusi na tusia e Paddy Crumlin i le Fijian Consulate i Sini o le a aveina i le tauaofiaga.

"O le ITF e popole e uiga i lipoti o le poto masani auvaʻa aufaigaluega ua suia e tagata faigaluega e le lava le poto masani," fai mai le tusi.

"O lenei tulaga ua tuu ai le saogalemu tulaga faatonuina i se tulaga lamatia tele. Ua lipotia mai lipoti e faapea "le tumau" tagata faigaluega le mafai ona lipotia le faʻaleagaina tumau i se Air New Zealand vaʻalele i luga o le tarmac i Nadi.

“Faʻatoa iloa lava e le kamupani vaʻalele le faʻaleagaina ina ua asiasia e inisinia le vaalele i lona toe foʻi mai i Aukilani.

"O turisi o se mea taua atinaʻe i Fiti, ma mo le alamanuia ia avea ma tagata femalagaaʻi manuia, e tatau ona mautinoa o lo latou saogalemu ma le puipuiga e mautinoa.

"O le aso, o le ITF ma iuni soʻotaga, i tafatafa o le Ausetalia Fono o Fefaatauaiga Iuni, talosagaina oe e faanatinati fesoʻotaʻi i le Malo o Fiti le matou apili ia faifeau o le malo gaioi vave ina ia mautinoa tagata faigaluega mafai ona vave toe foi mai i le galuega."

O loʻo valaʻau atu le ITF ile Malo o Fiti e faʻavasega lenei tulaga e aunoa ma le faʻatuai ile:

* faʻatagaina tagata faigaluega uma e toe foi e faigaluega e aunoa ma se leiloa i tuutuuga;
* faʻamautinoaina e le o pagatia tagata faigaluega i ni tupe leiloa mo le vaitaimi o le feeseeseaiga;
* tautinoga e leai se tagata faigaluega o le a afaina fua mo lo latou auai i le feeseeseaiga;
* malilie i se taimi faʻatulagaina e foia ai isi mataupu uma, aemaise le tau o tagata faigaluega o fetuʻutuʻunaʻiga tau.

"E tatau i le malo ona galue e faʻamutaina lenei faʻalavelave ma mautinoa o le saogalemu popolega e le mafua ai tagata femalagaaʻi ona mafaufau faʻalua e uiga i le asiasi atu i Fiti," o le tala lea a Mr Crumlin.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

“Today, the ITF and affiliated unions, alongside the Australian Council of Trade Unions, request that you urgently communicate to the Government of Fiji our appeal that government ministers move swiftly to ensure the workers can immediately return to work.
“The Fijian Government has the power to resolve this dispute and, with the livelihoods of hundreds of workers and their families on the line, we need an urgent resolution.
"O turisi o se mea taua atinaʻe i Fiti, ma mo le alamanuia ia avea ma tagata femalagaaʻi manuia, e tatau ona mautinoa o lo latou saogalemu ma le puipuiga e mautinoa.