Ina ua maeʻa osofaʻiga vevesi e lua ma le tele o faʻalavelave na osofai ai taʻavale laʻupasese, o loʻo valaʻau mai e le United Steel Workers (USW) se faʻavavega ma se gaioiga vave mai ofisa filifilia. E ui ina valaʻau mai le USW e feutanaʻi ma le saogalemu o taʻavale laʻupasese, e laitiiti lava se mea na faia.

O le aliʻi ave taxi mai Regina Cabs o loʻo faʻamalolo mai i le tele o manuʻa i lona faʻaʻi, fatafata ma le manava ina ua maeʻa osofaʻiga mataʻutia i le taeao o le Aso Faraile, Aperila 13. O loʻo tumau pea le tulaga faigata o le avetaavale.

O le osofaʻiga na avea o se faʻamanatuga o le saua tuʻituʻia o Iqbal Singh Sharma o le na tuia i le tele o taimi i le 2016. O lena osofaʻiga na tuua ai o ia o se faʻamaʻi ma lona olaga ua suia e faavavau. O nei osofaʻiga e lua, o ni faʻataʻitaʻiga leaga ia o loʻo feagai ma avetaʻavale laʻupasese i sifi uma, talu ai o osofaiga faʻaletino ma upu e masani ai.

"O loʻo matou valaʻauina a matou malo faʻaitumalo ma malo faʻaitumalo e faia ni gaioiga mo le saogalemu o taʻavale laʻupasese," o le tala lea a Malik Draz, o le Taitaifono o le USW Taxi Council o loʻo fai ma sui o le silia ma le 600 avetaʻavale i Saskatchewan. "E le tatau ona oti le tagata faigaluega ina neʻi tupu se suiga."

"O taʻavale avetaavale o tagata faigaluega o loʻo taumafai e tausi mea mo latou aiga ma toe foʻi saogalemu mai ile fale i le faaiuga o le aso," o le tala lea a Patrick Veinot, o se sui ole USW Staff. "E le gata e iai le aia a tagata uma e toe foʻi saogalemu ai i le fale, ae o tagata faigaluega uma e tiga i le galuega, e tatau ona maua avanoa i totogi o tagata faigaluega, ma o loʻo matou galulue e faʻamautinoa e tupu lena mea."

"O nei osofaʻiga ua na o ni osofaʻiga o loʻo avea ma ulutala," e tusa ai ma le saunoaga a Mohamed Ameer o ia foi e tiʻetiʻe mo Regina Cabs. “O avetaavale i lenei taulaga e feagai ma osofaiga i upu ma le tino i aso uma. Matou te manaʻomia ni tulaga faigaluega sefe mo le avetaavale uma. Ou te manaʻo e faia ni suiga ae ou te leʻi vaʻavaʻai atu i seisi tagata faigaluega o loʻo mafatia i se manuʻaga puipuia. "

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

A taxi driver from Regina Cabs is recovering from multiple stab wounds to the throat, chest and stomach after a violent attack on Friday morning, April 13.
The attack serves as a reminder of the brutal stabbing of Iqbal Singh Sharma who was stabbed multiple times in 2016.
“Taxi drivers are workers trying to provide for their families and come home safely at the end of the day,”.