Laphonza Butler

**Laphonza Romanique Butler** / / ləˈfɔːnzə / lə - FON - lə- ; an haife ta a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1979) jami'ar ƙungiyar ma'aikata ce ta Amurka kuma tsohuwar 'yar siyasa wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin sanata a Amurka daga California daga 2023 zuwa 2024. Butler ta fara aikinta a matsayin mai shirya ƙungiyar ma'aikata, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Majalisar Jihar California SEIU daga 2013 zuwa 2018. Ta kasance memba a Jam'iyyar Democrat, kuma ta kasance mai kula da tsarin Jami'ar California daga 2018 zuwa 2021, kuma shugabar EMILY's List daga 2021 zuwa 2023.

Butler abokiyar ƙawa ce ta Kamala Harris ta daɗe tana tare da ita. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2023, Gwamnan California Gavin Newsom ya zaɓi Butler don ya maye gurbin kujerar Majalisar Dattawan Amurka da aka bari babu kowa sakamakon mutuwar Dianne Feinstein, inda ta zama ' yar Afirka ta farko 'yar LGBT da ta bayyana a fili da ta yi aiki a Majalisar Dattawa. Jim kaɗan bayan ta hau mulki, ta sanar a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 2023 cewa ba za ta tsaya takara na cikakken wa'adi a zaɓen 2024 ba. An zaɓi Adam Schiff don ya gaje ta.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Butler a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1979, a Magnolia, Mississippi, ita ce ƙarama a cikin 'ya'ya uku. Mahaifinta ya mutu sakamakon ciwon zuciya lokacin da Butler ke da shekaru 16. Ta kammala karatunta a matsayin mai kula da lafiyar zuciya daga Makarantar Sakandare ta South Pike a 1997.    Butler ya sami digirin farko a fannin kimiyyar siyasa daga Jami'ar Jihar Jackson a 2001.  

## Sana'a

Butler ta fara aikinta a matsayin mai shirya ƙungiyar ma'aikatan jinya a Baltimore da Milwaukee, masu gyaran gashi a Philadelphia, da ma'aikatan asibiti a New Haven, Connecticut . A shekarar 2009, ta ƙaura zuwa California, inda ta shirya masu kula da marasa lafiya a gida da kuma ma'aikatan jinya kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar ma'aikatan kula da marasa lafiya na SEIU United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU Local 2015. [1] [2] [3] An zaɓi Butler a matsayin shugabar Majalisar Jihar SEIU ta California a 2013. Ta ɗauki nauyin ƙara mafi ƙarancin albashi a California da kuma ƙara harajin samun kuɗi ga mutanen California mafiya arziki. [1] A matsayinta na shugabar SEIU Local 2015, Butler ta goyi bayan Hillary Clinton a zaɓen fidda gwani na shugaban ƙasa na Democrat a 2016. [4] Butler yana ɗaya daga cikin masu zaɓen California waɗanda suka zaɓi Clinton a zaɓen 2016. [5]

A shekarar 2018, Gwamnan California Jerry Brown ya naɗa Butler a matsayin regent na tsawon shekaru 12 a Jami'ar California .  Ta yi murabus daga matsayinta na regent a shekarar 2021. 

Butler ta shiga SCRB Strategies, wani kamfanin ba da shawara kan siyasa da ke California, a matsayin abokin tarayya a shekarar 2018. A SCRB, ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin neman zaben Kamala Harris na 2020. Ta kasance abokiyar siyasa ta Harris tun lokacin da ta fara tsayawa takarar Babban Lauyan California a 2010, lokacin da ta taimaka wa Harris wajen sasanta amincewa da SEIU a takarar.   Butler ta shawarci Uber a cikin mu'amalarta da ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata yayin da take SCRB,  a lokacin da Uber ke ƙoƙarin dakatar da dokokin jihar daga rarraba direbobinta a matsayin ma'aikata.  Jaridar *[[New York Times]]* ta ruwaito cewa Butler "ya ba Uber shawara kan yadda za a yi mu'amala da ƙungiyoyin kwadago kamar Teamsters da SEIU, kuma ya zauna a tarurruka da dama na fuska da fuska tsakanin kamfanonin gig da wakilan ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata".  Butler ya bar SCRB a 2020 don shiga Airbnb a matsayin darektan manufofin jama'a da kamfen a Arewacin Amurka.  

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