Thomas R. Donahue

**Thomas Reilly Donahue Jr.** (Satumba 4, 1928 - Fabrairu 18, 2023) shugaban ƙungiyar ƙwadago ne ta Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakatare-Ma'ajin Ma'aji na Ƙungiyar ƙwadago ta Amurka da Majalisar Ƙungiyoyin Masana'antu daga 1979 zuwa 1995, shugaban riƙo na tsawon watanni da dama a 1995, kuma ya kasance Shugaba Emeritus daga 1996 har zuwa mutuwarsa. An ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin ƙungiyar ƙwadago ta Amurka bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haife shi kuma ya girma a Bronx da ke birnin New York, Donahue ɗan Thomas R. da Mary E. Donahue ne kuma jikan baƙi ne na Irish.  A cewar *[[New York Times|jaridar The New York Times]]*, "ya girma a lokacin da ƙungiyoyin kwadago ke taimakawa wajen ceto 'yan New York daga mawuyacin hali kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin fitila ga matasa da yawa." 

An fara jan hankalin Donahue zuwa ƙungiyar ƙwadago ne bayan ya ga yadda albashin mahaifinsa ya ƙaru lokacin da ya koma aiki a matsayin mai gyaran gida wanda ba na ƙungiyar ba zuwa ma'aikacin gini na ƙungiyar. Ƙaramin Donahue ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da lif na sashen shago na Best & Company, direban bas na makaranta, ma'aikacin burodi, da kuma mai tsaron ƙofa a Radio City Music Hall.

Donahue ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Manhattan a shekarar 1949 da digiri a fannin hulɗa da ma'aikata.  Aikin ƙungiyar Donahue ya fara ne shekara guda da ta gabata lokacin da ya zama mai shirya lokaci-lokaci na Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Kayayyakin Kasuwanci ta Duniya . Daga 1949 zuwa 1957, ya riƙe mukamai da dama a cikin Local 32B, babban kamfanin Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), waɗanda suka haɗa da wakilin kasuwanci, darektan ilimi, darektan kwangila, da editan wallafe-wallafe.  A halin yanzu, ya halarci azuzuwan dare a Makarantar Shari'a ta Fordham kuma ya sami digirinsa na shari'a a 1956. 

A shekarar 1957, ya zama mai kula da shirin kwadago na Turai na Kwamitin 'Yancin Turai a Paris. Ya koma Amurka a shekarar 1960 don ya zama mataimakin zartarwa ga David Sullivan, sabon shugaban BSEIU da aka zaɓa. 

Shekaru da yawa bayan haka, Donahue ya gaya wa masu yin hira cewa Sullivan "ya ci gaba da zama gwarzona a cikin ƙungiyar kwadago." "Shi baƙon ɗan ƙasar Ireland ne wanda ya zo nan a shekarar 1926 kuma mai aikin lif ne a farkon, kuma ya fara aiki a cikin ƙungiyar. Daga nan ya jagoranci ɓangaren gyara a cikin ƙungiyar don korar shugabannin da ke da rinjaye a cikinta." 

Shugaba Lyndon Johnson ya naɗa Donahue a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Hulɗa da Ma'aikata a Sashen Kwadago a shekarar 1967. Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayin har zuwa ƙarshen gwamnatin Johnson a shekarar 1969, sannan ya koma Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Sabis ta Duniya, kamar yadda ake kiranta a lokacin, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin sakataren zartarwa sannan daga baya ya zama mataimakin shugaban ƙasa na farko.

Donahue ya zama mataimakin shugaban AFL-CIO, George Meany, a shekarar 1973.

## Aiki a Matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikata
Tun yana da tasiri a matsayin mataimakin babban jami'in Meany, lokacin da Meany ya yi ritaya a 1979, an zabi Donahue a matsayin Sakatare-Ma'ajin kuɗi, matsayi na biyu mafi girma a cikin AFL-CIO. Mako guda da aka zaɓe shi, jaridar New York Times ta ruwaito cewa "Matsayinsa mai ƙarfi ne. Ana ɗaukar ƙungiyar a matsayin muryar ma'aikata. Kuma Mr. Donahue mutum ne mai wayo mai ra'ayoyi bayyanannu."  An sake zaɓe shi a manyan tarurruka bakwai na AFL-CIO na shekara-shekara biyu.

Tsawon shekaru 16 da suka biyo baya, Donahue ya shiga kusan dukkan sassan ƙungiyar ƙwadago. Ana ganin tasirinsa mafi ƙarfi a fannoni uku ne: yaƙin neman zaɓen da ya yi da Yarjejeniyar Ciniki ta Arewacin Amurka (NAFTA), farfaɗo da ƙungiyar ƙwadago, da kuma haɓaka koyarwar zamantakewa ta Katolika game da haƙƙin ma'aikata. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;