Addie L. Wyatt

**Addie L. Wyatt** (née **Cameron** ; Maris 8, 1924 - Maris 28, 2012) shugaba ce a ƙungiyar kwadago ta Amurka kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a. An san Wyatt da zama mace 'yar Afirka ta farko da aka zaɓa a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar ƙasa da ƙasa a wata babbar ƙungiyar ma'aikata, wato Ƙungiyar Masu Yanke Nama ta Amalgamated . Wyatt ta fara aikinta a ƙungiyar a farkon shekarun 1950 kuma ta ci gaba a shugabanci. A shekarar 1975, tare da 'yar siyasa Barbara Jordan, ita ce mace ' yar Afirka ta farko da mujallar ''Time'' ta naɗa a matsayin Mutum na Shekara . 

## Iyali da rayuwar farko
An haifi Wyatt ga Ambrose da Maggie (Nolan) Cameron a Brookhaven, Mississippi, a ranar 8 ga Maris, 1924. Ita ce 'ya ta biyu kuma 'yar fari a cikin 'ya'ya takwas. Ta ƙaura tare da iyalinta zuwa Chicago a shekarar 1930 lokacin da take da shekaru shida. Iyalin sun ƙaura da fatan samun damar aiki mafi kyau a lokacin Babban Bala'in Masifa. Duk da haka, ayyukan yi da za a iya samu ga 'yan Afirka a Amurka a wannan lokacin ba su da kyau. 

Tana da shekaru 16, ta auri Claude S. Wyatt, ma'aikacin kuɗin gidan waya, a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1940. Tare da Claude ta haifi 'ya'ya maza biyu, Renaldo Wyatt da Claude S. Wyatt III. Ta renon wasu ƙannenta bayan mahaifiyarta ta mutu tana da shekaru 39 kuma mahaifinta bai iya kula da su ba saboda rashin lafiya. 

## Masana'antar nama da aikin ƙungiyar kwadago
Bayan aurenta, Wyatt ta nemi aiki a matsayin mai buga rubutu a Armour and Company a shekarar 1941. A ranar farko ta aikinta, ta gano cewa ba a ɗaukar mata 'yan Afirka-Amurka aiki a matsayin masu buga rubutu a ofishin gaba ba, sai aka tura ta zuwa sashen shirya gwangwani don su shirya miya a cikin gwangwani ga sojoji. A farkon shekarun 1950, Wyatt ta shiga United Packinghouse Workers of America bayan ta gano cewa ƙungiyar ba ta nuna wariya ga membobinta ba. A matsayinta na shugabar ƙungiyar mata baƙaƙe a cikin ƙungiyoyin kwadago, ita da wasu sun yi amfani da dokokin ƙungiyarsu na hana wariyar launin fata da hana wariya kuma suka yi yaƙi da rashin daidaito na launin fata da na jinsi a wurin aiki da kuma a cikin al'ummominsu. A shekarar 1955, Wyatt ta yi aiki na cikakken lokaci a matsayin ma'aikaci a UPWA, tana wakiltar ma'aikata a duk faɗin jihohi biyar. Ta fahimci mahimmancin da ingancin ƙungiyoyin kabilu daban-daban.  Daga cikin sauran nasarorin, Wyatt da ƙungiyar ma'aikatanta baƙaƙe, fararen fata, da Latino sun sami damar cin gajiyar tanadin "daidaitaccen albashi ga daidai aiki" a cikin kwangilolin ƙungiyar kwadago da yawa kafin zartar da Dokar Daidaitaccen Albashi ta 1963. 

A shekarar 1953, an "zaɓe Wyatt a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar reshenta, Local 56, inda ta zama mace baƙar fata ta farko da ta riƙe babban mukami a ƙungiyar ma'aikata ta Amurka." Wyatt ita ce darektan sashen Harkokin Mata da Haƙƙin Dan Adam na Masu Yanke Nama da Aka Haɗa . A shekarar 1956, Wyatt ita ce Mai Gudanar da Shirye-shirye na Gundumar Ɗaya ta UPWA. Wannan kuma ita ce shekarar da Wyatts suka fara aikinsu tare da Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, wanda suka taimaka wajen tara kuɗi don Ƙungiyar Inganta Montgomery . A farkon shekarun 1960, Eleanor Roosevelt ta fahimci iyawarta ta jagoranci kuma ta naɗa ta a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Dokokin Ma'aikata na Hukumar Amurka kan Matsayin Mata . [1] Matan Baƙar fata 'yan Amurka, tare da Addie Wyatt a matsayin shugaba, suna da matsayi mara misaltuwa ƙwarewar aiki a kan benaye na masana'antun nama da kuma kasancewa muhimmin ɓangare na gina ƙungiyoyin kwadago.

A shekarun 1970, ta zama babbar jaruma a Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Abinci da Kasuwanci ta Ƙasashen Duniya . A wannan lokacin, ta yi aiki tuƙuru don ƙirƙirar ƙungiyoyin kwadago waɗanda suka haɗa da tsiraru. A shekarar 1972, ta zama memba ta farko ta ƙungiyar Hadin Kan Ƙungiyoyin Ma'aikata Baƙaƙe, wadda aka kafa don tabbatar da cewa ma'aikata baƙaƙe za su iya "raba iko a cikin ƙungiyar ma'aikata a kowane mataki." A matsayinta na shugabar Kwamitin Mata na Ƙasa na CBTU, Wyatt ta taimaka wajen tabbatar da cewa ƙungiyoyin da ke da alaƙa da AFL-CIO sun buɗe wa mata guraben shugabanci.  Wannan ba wai kawai ya sa 'yan Afirka Ba'amurke su sami babban kwarin gwiwa a cikin ƙungiyar ma'aikata ba. , amma kuma ga mata gabaɗaya su zama masu zaman kansu a fannin kuɗi da kuma masu ba da gudummawa masu tasiri ga tattalin arziki.

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