Ah Quon McElrath

Ah Quon McElrath (15 Disamba 1915 - 11 Disamba 2008) jagora ce na sake fasalin aiki na Hawaii kuma mai fafutukar zamantakewa. Ta yi ritaya a shekara ta 1981, amma ta yi amfani da aikinta na ba da shawara ga ƙungiyoyi ta hanyar turawa don daidaitattun albashi da magani daga Big Five a Hawaii.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi McElrath Leong Yuk Quon a Iwilei bayan iyayenta suka yi hijira zuwa Hawaii daga Zhongshan, China.  Mahaifinta ya yi aiki da ƙananan ayyuka da yawa, kuma ya mutu lokacin da McElrath ke da shekaru 5.

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 17, McElrath ya tafi gidan wasan kwaikwayo na burlesque don jin Upton Sinclair, sanannen muckraker, yana ba da jawabi game da talauci. Wannan jawabin ya ba ta wahayi don zama mai fafutukar zamantakewa. [ana bukatar hujja][citation needed]

Ta auri Robert "Bob" McElrath a shekara ta 1941.

 Ayyuka da gwagwarmaya 
Yayinda yake shiga Jami'ar Hawai'i, Ah Quon McElrath ya shiga kungiyar Interprofessional Association ta hagu kuma ya sadu da shugaban Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Amurka Jack Hall, wanda shine shugaban kungiyar International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 142.

Bayan kammala karatunta ta yi aiki a Hukumar Kula da Lafiyar Jama'a.

McElrath ya fara aikin sa kai ga ILWU a cikin shekarun 1940 ta hanyar yin jawabai da sanya hannu kan ma'aikatan tashar jiragen ruwa a matsayin membobin ƙungiyar. Ta ba da gudummawarta a matsayin ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa ko'ina, kamar bayan tsunami na 1946 a Hilo . Yayinda take hutu, ta kuma shiga cikin Yajin aikin sukari na 1946, tana koya wa masu yajin aiki wane hakkin da suke da shi.[1]

A shekara ta 1954 ta zama ma'aikaciyar zamantakewar albashi tare da ILWU,  kuma ta yi aiki a can ta yi ritaya a shekara ta 1981.  A shekara ta 1981, ta yi aiki a kwamitin kungiyar kare hakkin bil'adama da lauyan kare hakkin bilʼadama na Hawaii David Schutter ya kafa.

 Haɗin Kwaminisanci 
A cikin 1971, FBI ta fitar da bayanai da ke kiran kwamitin tsakiya na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Amurka a Hawaii. Baya ga McElrath, jerin sun hada da Jack Hall, Jack Denichi Kimoto, John Reinecke, da Robert McElrath. Hall, Kimoto, Reinecke, da wasu hudu an gurfanar da su a gaban shari'a saboda keta Dokar Smith.

 Yin ritaya 
Bayan ya yi ritaya, McElrath ya ci gaba da ba da shawara ga matalauta, haƙƙin mata, ilimi, da kiwon lafiya. Shekaru biyu bayan da ta yi ritaya ta yi aiki tare da Gidauniyar Villers don inganta shirin Ƙarin Tsaro. Ta kuma yi aiki a Kwamitin Regents a Jami'ar Hawai'i, kuma ta taimaka wajen kirkirar sashen Nazarin Kabilanci a can. McElrath ya sami digirin digirin girmamawa daga Jami'ar a shekarar 1988  da kuma lambar yabo ta UH Founders Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award a shekara ta 2004. 

McElrath ya mutu a shekara ta 2008. 

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Rukuni:Haihuwan 1915
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