Kate McLean

Kate McLean
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Glasgow, 6 ga Janairu, 1879
ƙasa	Birtaniya
Mutuwa	Glasgow, 21 Oktoba 1960
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	trade unionist (en)
Mamba	National Federation of Women Workers (en)

Catherine McLean wacce aka fi sani da Kate McLean sannan daga baya Kate Beaton (6 Janairu 1879 – 21 Oktoba 1960) 'yar Burtaniya ce mai rajin kare haƙƙin ma'aikata kuma kansila a Glasgow. Ta jagoranci Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Mata ta Ƙasa (NFWW) da kuma takaddama da dama, ciki har da yajin aikin masu haɗin gwiwa na tsawon watanni shida a Kilbirnie a 1913.

Rayuwa

An haifi McLean a Glasgow a shekarar 1879. Ita ce ta huɗu cikin yara shida kuma ta halarci makaranta har zuwa lokacin da take da shekaru goma sha biyu. Ta fara hulɗa da ƙungiyoyin gurguzu lokacin da ta shiga ƙungiyar mata ta Labour . A shekara mai zuwa ta kasance cikin ƙungiyar mata ta ƙasa (NFWW). Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin wakilanta zuwa ga majalisar kasuwanci ta Glasgow . A shekarar 1911 ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata shida na farko da suka halarci taron ƙungiyar kwadago ta Scotland a Dundee a matsayin wakilai (maimakon mata). Ta kasance tana hulɗa da STUC har zuwa 1914 lokacin da ta yi aure.

Wakilan STUC a 1911 a Dundee: LR Jeanie Spence, Mrs Lamont, Agnes Brown, Mary Macarthur, Kate McLean da Rachel Devine

Ma'aikatan da aka yi da zare na auduga na Neilston sun kai hari a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1910, kuma McLean da Esther Dick suka yi gaggawar sanya ma'aikatan cikin NFWW. Yajin aikin ya karu ne yayin da ma'aikatan ba sa son yin magana da NFWW, kuma zuwa watan Yuni ya zama kulle-kulle tare da daruruwan sabbin membobin NFWW. Yajin aikin yana da mahimmanci domin shi ne karo na farko da ma'aikatan suka yi watsi da ma'aikatan da ke da ra'ayin uba zuwa wata kungiya don tallafa musu.

Ta sake shiga cikin lamarin lokacin da NFWW ta goyi bayan yajin aikin 1911 a Vale of Leven dyeworks a United Turkey Red Company . Wannan babban takaddama ne ga wannan kamfanin Alexandria kuma akwai ɗan tashin hankali. NFWW sun riga sun fara aiki a can amma sun jawo hankalin ƙarin membobi da yawa. Zuwa watan Janairu suna da membobi 600 kuma zuwa watan Fabrairun 1911 akwai 2,000. Manufar NFWW ita ce ƙoƙarin jagorantar waɗannan sabbin membobi zuwa ƙungiyoyin kwadago na yanzu inda za a karɓe su. Waɗannan adadi mai yawa sun ba NFWW damar matsa lamba ga Ƙungiyar Haɗin Gwiwa ta Ƙasa ta Dyers, Bleachers, Finishers da Kindred Trade kuma an karɓi mata a matsayin membobi.

Ita ma shugaba ce a yajin aikin masu sadarwa na Kilbirnie na shekarar 1913 [1] wanda aka amince da shi a wani taron NFWW a ƙarshen Maris. Ya ɗauki tsawon lokaci daga Afrilu zuwa Satumba 1913 kuma shine yajin aikin da ya fi daɗewa da aka rubuta na mata ma'aikata a wancan lokacin. Yajin aikin ya sami goyon bayan al'umma kuma a watan Mayu an yi taro a Kilbirnie inda magoya baya 10,000 suka halarta. NFWW ta yi maraba da kulawar kuma McLean ta sanya sabbin membobi 200 a masana'antar dynamite ta Nobel da ke kusa da Ardeer, Arewacin Ayrshire . An warware takaddamar masu sadarwa a ranar 2 ga Satumba 1913. McLean ta yi jawabin rufewa kuma ta lura cewa ƙungiyar ce ta inganta albashi da yanayin aiki. [2]

Ta yi aure a shekarar 1914 kuma a matsayinta na Kate Beaton aka zaɓe ta ba tare da hamayya ba a gundumar Hutchisontown a matsayin kansila a Glasgow. Ta ci gaba da wannan matsayin har zuwa 1949 lokacin da ta yi ritaya daga wannan matsayi.

McLean ya mutu a shekarar 1960 a Glasgow .