ViGA Singi mama tokotaha ngaohi kapeti 
Kohler Plans To Relocate Some Brass Production Lines To The Southern U.S. Pe ko ʻInitia
Ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau ngaue ʻoku ngaue ʻi he Kolaʻe lava ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e vaʻa palasa fakalotofonua ʻi Wisconsin ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e taʻu, fakatatau ki he fakamatala ʻa TimTayloe, palesiteni ʻo e UAW Local 833.
ʻI ha fakaʻekeʻeke mo e WHBL News ʻi he pongipongi Pulelulu (Me 25), Naʻe pehe ʻe Taylor naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Kohler ki he ʻiunioni ʻi he Tuʻapulelulu kuo ʻosi (Me 19) fekauʻaki mo hono hiki ʻo e vahe tolu ʻe taha ʻo e ngaue ʻa e vaʻa palasa ki he ngaahi siteiti fakatonga pe ʻInitia, pea fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki ʻi he feongoongoi mo e. Naʻe pehe ʻe Teila ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he aleapau aleapau lolotonga ke ne tataki ʻa e ngaahi alea pehee koeʻuhi ke lava ʻa e ʻiunioni mo e kautaha ʻo ngaue fakataha ke “ʻAi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga kotoa pe ʻoku ʻata koeʻuhi ke lava ʻa e kakai ʻo liliu ki he ngaahi tuʻunga ko ia kapau ʻe fie maʻu.”
ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoku ʻata ʻa Kohler he taimi ni, Naʻe pehe ʻe Teila. ʻOku nau kumi ha kau ngaue ke fakakakato ʻa e nounou ʻo e kau ngaue, ka naʻa ne toe tanaki mai “naʻe kiʻi faingataʻa kia Kohler. ʻOku ke ʻiloʻi, ko e fakamalolo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau ʻi ai. Naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fakafisi mei heʻenau ngaue ke haʻu ki Kohler ʻi he mahalo 60 ngaahi ʻaho. Naʻa nau tukuange ʻenau ngaue fakaʻosi kae haʻu ki Kohler, Pea ʻoku hoko leva ʻeni. ʻE lava ke ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutamaki ʻa e kakai ko ia ke mole ʻenau ngaue pe fetongi kinautolu ʻe ha kau ngaue kehe ʻi he kautaha, Pea ko e meʻa ia ʻoku mau ʻamanaki te mau lava ʻo fakaleleiʻi. Fakapapauʻi ko e kakai kotoa pe ʻoku uesia he taimi ni ʻoku nau lava ʻo maʻu ha ngaahi ngaue kehe. Ko ʻeku ʻuhinga, ʻoku mateakiʻi ʻe he kakai ko ʻeni ʻa Kohler. ʻI he taimi ʻoku hoko ai ha meʻa peheni, ʻoku ne uesia honau ngaahi famili mo e kolo kotoa.”
Naʻe pehe ʻe Teila fekauʻaki mo e 100 ʻo e 350-400 Ko e kakai ʻoku lolotonga ngaue ʻi he Brass Division ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaue ʻoku fakakaukauʻi ke hiki. Ka ʻe lava ke liliu ʻa e fika ko ia hili ʻa e kakato ʻa e polokalama ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e taʻu ni.
ʻI ha fakamatala lelei, ʻOku ne ʻamanaki he ʻikai faingataʻa ke maʻu ha ngaahi ngaue foʻou ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai maʻu ngaue, koeʻuhi ko e nounou lolotonga ʻi he maketi ngaue. ʻI he taimi ni, naʻa ne pehe, ko ia mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻi he Local 833 “ʻOku nau femoʻuekina heni ʻi hono tanaki ʻo e ngaahi lisi maʻa e kau memipa ʻo ʻemau ʻiunioni mo feinga ke maʻu ha faʻahinga fakamatala pe te mau lava ke lava ʻo ngaue ʻa e kakai.”
Naʻe kole ʻe he WHBL kia Kohler ke ne tali, pea naʻa ne fai ia ʻo hange ko ʻeni.
“ʻOku vakaiʻi maʻu pe ʻe Kohler ʻemau ngaahi ngaue ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻa e kautaha mo e ngaahi ʻapiako Kohler ki ha lavameʻa taimi loloa. Hili hano fakakaukauʻi fakalelei, ʻoku ngaue ʻa e kautaha ke liliu ha ngaahi founga ngaohiʻanga koloa ʻi heʻetau ngaahi ngaue faucet ʻi ʻAmelika Noate ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e lavameʻa mo e feʻauʻauhi. ʻOku kei tukupa pe ki heʻene ngaahi ngaue ngaohiʻanga koloa ʻi Wisconsin, kau ai ʻa e fakalahi ʻa Ongoi ki hono 155,000 sikuea fute ʻAmelika Noate fale ngaohiʻanga misini ʻuhila ʻi Wisconsin. Ko ʻemau kautaha ko ha taki ia ʻi he maketi feʻauʻauhi pea ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻemau ʻinivesi malohi ʻi heʻemau ngaahi pisinisi takitaha ke fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e tupulaki ʻi he kahaʻu mo fakapapauʻi ʻa e fiemalie ʻa e kau kasitomaa.”