Eileen Tallman Sufrin

**Blanche Eileen Tallman Sufrin** ( née Tallman ; Janairu 19, 1913 - Maris 20, 1999) marubuciya ce kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ma'aikata ' yar ƙasar Kanada. A shekarar 1942, ta jagoranci yajin aikin ma'aikatan banki a Montreal, yajin aikin farko a masana'antar bankunan Kanada. Daga baya ta jagoranci wani yunƙuri na haɗa ma'aikata a Eaton's tare da taimakawa wajen shirya ma'aikatan Eaton 9,000 tsakanin 1948 da 1952. Duk da cewa yunƙurin bai yi nasara ba, matsin lambar ya sa Eaton's ta ƙara albashin ma'aikata da fa'idodi. A shekarar 1979, Sufrin ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata bakwai da aka bai wa lambar yabo ta Gwamna Janar, don tunawa da cika shekaru 50 na Shari'ar Mutane . 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Sufrin a Montreal a shekarar 1913 kuma ta girma a Toronto .   Mahaifinta mai sayar da kaya ne a wani kamfanin tufafi na maza kuma mahaifiyarta mai gyaran tufafi ce kafin ta yi aure.  Bayan kammala karatunta a matsayin shugabar ajin ta a Kwalejin Vaughan Road,  ta kammala karatun difloma a fannin nazarin rubutu da lissafin kuɗi.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin malamar makaranta, daga baya kuma ta zama ma'aikaciyar ofis. 

## Fafutukar 'Yan Kwadago
A shekarun 1930, Sufrin ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar matasa ta Commonwealth (CCYM), reshen matasa na ƙungiyar Commonwealth Federation (CCF), wadda ta kasance kafin sabuwar jam'iyyar Democrat (NDP). Sufrin ta kasance mai aiki a ƙungiyar CCYM ta Ontario a tsawon shekarun 1930, kuma lokacin da CCF ta kafa kwamitin ƙungiyar ƙwadago a shekarar 1937, an naɗa ta sakatare. 

### Banque Canadien Nationale yajin aikin
A shekarar 1941, sabuwar Majalisar Kwadago ta Kanada (CCL) ta kafa Kwamitin Shirya Ofishin da Ƙwararrun Ma'aikata (OPWOC) bayan da ma'aikatan banki a Toronto da Montreal suka nuna sha'awar shiga ƙungiyar kwadago. Sufrin ta bar aikinta na ma'aikacin ofis ta zama mai shirya cikakken lokaci ga OPWOC. Ganin ƙarancin albashi da mummunan yanayin aiki na ma'aikatan banki, gami da rashin biyan ƙarin lokaci, hukunce-hukuncen ƙarancin kuɗi, da manufofi da ke buƙatar ma'aikata su nemi izinin gudanarwa kafin su yi aure, membobin OPWOC sun ƙaru da sauri.  Ta hanyar aiki da ƙarancin albarkatu da kuma raba tebur da waya da maza uku, Sufrin ta kafa 'yan ƙasa bakwai a Toronto tare da membobi kusan 1,000. 

Zuwa Nuwamba 1941, ma'aikatan Banque Canadienne Nationale (BCN) da ke Montreal an amince da su a hukumance a matsayin OPWOC Local 5. Gudanarwa sun mayar da martani ta hanyar zargin cewa ƙungiyar tana da alaƙa da kwaminisanci da kuma tsoratar da ma'aikata, sau da yawa suna canja wurin su zuwa wasu rassan ko kuma tilasta musu barin aiki. A ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1942, ma'aikatan BCN sun kafa layukan zanga-zanga a wajen rassan BCN, sun ƙaddamar da yajin aikin banki na farko a tarihin Kanada. Ba a san adadin ma'aikatan da suka shiga yajin aikin ba saboda alkaluman da BCN da OPWOC suka bayar masu karo da juna, amma Ottawa Journal ta ruwaito cewa an tilasta wa rassan BCN 70 na Montreal rufe wasu yayin da wasu kuma manajoji ke buɗewa suna aiki su kaɗai.

Da yawa daga cikin masu yajin aikin sun koma bakin aiki bayan makon farko na yajin aikin, kodayake 39 sun ci gaba da kasancewa cikin jerin masu zanga-zanga. Yajin aikin ya ƙare a hukumance a ranar 23 ga Mayu bayan da BCN ta kori sauran masu yajin aikin 39 kuma yunƙurin haɗa ma'aikatan banki ya ragu sosai. 

### Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Karfe
Bayan yajin aikin BCN, Sufrin ta ci gaba da aiki a matsayin mai shirya ƙungiyar kwadago. A shekarar 1943, ta fara aiki da United Steelworkers (USW)  kuma ta taimaka wajen shirya ma'aikata 17,000 na masana'antar John Inglis da ke Toronto. A lokacin taron ƙungiyar na tsawon shekara guda, ta mayar da hankali kan ɗaukar mata 7,000 da ke aiki a wurin. Aikin yana da wahala; Sufrin sau da yawa yakan tashi da ƙarfe 5:00 na safe don rarraba takardu zuwa wurin aiki da wuri sannan ya tsaya a waje bayan tsakar dare yana rarraba su zuwa wurin aiki.  

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