Jane LaTour

Jane Ellen LaTour (Mayu 3, 1946 - Afrilu 3, 2023) 'yar gwagwarmayar ma'aikata ce ta Amurka, malami, kuma 'yar jarida a Birnin New York wacce ta ba da shawarar dimokuradiyya ta ƙungiyar kuma ta rubuta rawar da mata ke takawa a cikin kasuwancin da maza suka mamaye. Ita ce marubucin Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City . Mai karɓar lambar yabo ta Mary Heaton Vorse sau biyu don aikin jarida, ta kasance mataimakiyar edita ga Ma'aikacin Jama'a, bugawa na Gundumar 37 na AFSCME, kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga wasu wallafe-wallafe da yawa. Shekaru da yawa, ta kasance darakta na Shirin Mata na Ƙungiyar Demokradiyya ta Tarayya, kuma ta yi aiki a kan allon Kungiyar Tarihin Ma'aikata ta New York da Kungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta Mata.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haife ta a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1946, a Burlington, Vermont, Jane LaTour ita ce ta uku cikin 'yan uwa biyar a cikin iyalin Roman Katolika. Iyayenta sune Ransom Latour, manajan kantin kayan ado da mai sayar da inshora, da Irene Latour (née Fisher).

LaTour ya kammala digiri na farko a tarihi a 1975, da kuma digiri na biyu a karatun aiki a 1979, duka daga Jami'ar Rutgers da ke New Jersey. Daga baya ta rubuta cewa ba sai 1976 ba ne ta fara koyo game da Rosie the Riveter da rawar da mata ke aiki a cikin tashar jiragen ruwa a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Yayinda take aiki a kan digiri na biyu, ta yi hira da mata a wani kamfanin kera motoci na Ford a Linden, New Jersey.

Yunkurin aiki

Zuwa ƙarshen shekara ta farko a kwaleji, LaTour ta fara aiki a masana'antu a Philadelphia, kuma daga baya a Newark, New Jersey, don tallafa wa kanta, ta koyi da kanta game da abin da ta kira "babban da ƙananan abubuwan yau da kullun" a wurin aiki. A cikin shekaru, ta yi aiki a masana'antar bugawa; a cikin magunguna da layin taro na lantarki don kamfanoni irin su Hewlett-Packard; da kuma a cikin ɗakunan ajiya. Ta sami gogewa a matsayin mai walda da mai ba da labari, kuma ta koyi a matsayin mai kula da gine-gine da mai zane / mai sabuntawa.

Shirye-shiryen Tarayyar

LaTour ya fara shiga cikin shirya ma'aikata a cikin shekarun 1960 a matsayin mai fafutukar kungiyar kwadago. Kwarewarta a cikin aikin masana'antu sun haɗa da jagorantar tafiye-tafiye a wani masana'anta a Philadelphia don nuna rashin dumama, da kuma shiga cikin yajin aikin daji na Teamster a United Parcel Service a Edison, New Jersey . Ta kuma shiga cikin shirya ƙungiyar kwadago a Revlon .

A shekara ta 1977, LaTour ya zama mai shirya Gundumar 65 na United Automobile Workers of America . [1] Duk da sunanta a matsayin ƙungiyar hagu, nan da nan ta zama mai sanyin gwiwa game da siyasar ƙungiyar cikin gida.[1] Yayinda take aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar ƙungiyar, ta shiga cikin Coalition for Labor Union Women, amma lokacin da wakilan ƙungiyar mata da ma'aikatan tallafi suka yi ƙoƙari su shirya ƙungiyar mata ta Gundumar 65, shugabannin ƙungiyar sun rufe su da sauri.[2] A shekara ta 1979, bayan shekaru uku a matsayin mai shirya, an kore ta.[1][3][2] A cewar LaTour, an gaya mata a lokacin cewa an kore ta "saboda ta] fifita ma'aikata fiye da ƙungiyar".[she]

Ilimi da gyare-gyare

LaTour ya mayar da hankali ga aiki a matsayin malami na aiki, kuma ya zama mai ba da shawara ga sake fasalin ƙungiyar da kuma mata a cikin al'adun gargajiya na maza. Ta kasance mataimakiyar malama a shirye-shiryen ilimin aiki a Kwalejin Jihar Empire, Kwalejin Queens, da sauran cibiyoyin, kuma ta koyar da darussan ga masu koyo na lantarki daga IBEW Local Union No. 3 . Yayinda take aiki a matsayin mai tsara kunshin a kan sauyawar dare a UPS a cikin shekarun 1980, ta taimaka wajen shirya tarurruka na kowane wata na ma'aikatan mata, kuma ta yi ƙoƙari ta shawo kan shugabannin Teamsters na gida 177 cewa ana buƙatar canje-canje don inganta riƙe ƙananan direbobi mata da ke aiki a can. Shekaru da yawa, LaTour ya yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya kungiyar White Lung Association, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke mai da hankali kan ilimantar da jama'a game da haɗarin bayyanar asbestos a wurin aiki.

A shekara ta 1989, LaTour ya zama darektan Shirin Mata na Ƙungiyar Demokradiyya ta Tarayya, wata kungiya a Brooklyn da mai gyara kungiyar Herman Benson ya kafa. LaTour ta kuma yi aiki tare da Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives a Jami'ar New York, inda aka fara hayar ta don aiwatar da takardun Burton H. Hall, lauya wanda ya wakilci masu adawa a cikin kungiyoyin kwadago.

Ayyukan rubuce-rubuce

LaTour ya rubuta kuma ya shirya littattafai da yawa da suka shafi aiki. A cikin shekarun 1990s, ta shirya New York Hard Hat News, jaridar kwata-kwata don ma'aikatan gine-gine da ke rufe batutuwa da suka shafi dimokuradiyya ta ƙungiyar, tsaron shafin, da yaki da cin hanci da rashawa a cikin ƙungiyoyi da masana'antar gine-gine, tana aiki tare da Guy Robinson . A farkon shekarun 2000, ta kasance mataimakiyar edita a Kamfanin Dillancin Labaran Jama'a, bugawa na Majalisar Gundumar 37 na AFSCME, Tarayyar Amurka ta Jiha, Gundumar da Ma'aikatan Municipal. LaTour ya kuma yi aiki a kwamitin zartarwa na New York Labor History Association, kuma ya shirya jaridar ta, Work History News na wani lokaci. Ta shiga kwamitin daraktocin kungiyar 'yan jarida ta mata bayan ta yi magana a wani taron WPC a shekarar 2011.