Arlene Holt Baker

**Arlene Holt Baker** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1951) 'yar fafutukar ƙungiyar ƙwadago ce ta Amurka kuma shugabar ƙwadago. Ta kasance mataimakiyar ma'aikaci a AFL-CIO tun daga shekarar 1995, Majalisar Zartarwa ta AFL-CIO ta naɗa ta mataimakiyar shugabar zartarwa ta ƙungiyar ƙwadago a shekara ta 2007 kuma ta sake lashe zaɓe a shekara ta 2009.  Ta zama Ba'amurke Ba'amurke Ba'amurke na farko a tarihin ƙungiyar da ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'i. 

## Rayuwar farko da aikin ƙungiyar ma'aikata
An haifi Holt Baker a shekarar 1951 a Fort Worth, Texas . Mahaifinta, WS Leslie, ma'aikaci ne, mahaifiyarta kuma, Louise Leslie, ma'aikaciyar gida ce. Tana ɗaya daga cikin yara bakwai. 

Holt Baker ta zama mai shiryawa tare da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Jiha ta Amurka, Gunduma da Ƙananan Hukumomi (AFSCME) a ƙarshen shekarun 1980. Ta fara shirya ma'aikatan gwamnati na jihar California,  kuma daga ƙarshe aka ɗauke ta aiki a matsayin wakilin ma'aikatan ƙungiyar ƙasa da ƙasa. Ta tashi ta zama "daraktan yanki" a California, tana kula da ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa na AFSCME ga ma'aikatan gwamnati na gida da kuma jagorantar ayyukan siyasa na ƙungiyar don jinsi na jihohi da na tarayya. 

## Aikin AFL-CIO
A shekarar 1995, an zaɓi John Sweeney a matsayin shugaban AFL-CIO, inda ya cire Thomas R. Donahue, wanda ke kan mulki. Linda Chavez-Thompson, mataimakiyar Sweeney, aka zaɓe ta a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban zartarwa na ƙungiyar ma'aikata. Chavez-Thompson, wani shugaban AFSCME na yankin Texas, ya ɗauki Holt Baker a matsayin mataimakiyarsa ta zartarwa. 

An ba Holt Baker ayyuka da dama baya ga ayyukanta na mataimakiyar babban jami'i ga Chavez-Thompson. A shekarar 1998, ta jagoranci nasarar da AFL-CIO ta yi wajen kayar da Dokar California 226, wadda za ta hana ma'aikatan gwamnati da ke cikin ƙungiyoyin kwadago biyan kuɗinsu, kuma ta buƙaci dukkan membobin ƙungiyar kwadago a jihar su ba da amincewarsu kowace shekara kafin a yi amfani da wani ɓangare na kuɗinsu don dalilai na siyasa. 

Nasarar da Holt Baker ta samu wajen jagorantar wannan kamfen ya sa aka naɗa ta mataimakiyar zartarwa ga shugaban AFL-CIO John Sweeney a shekarar 1999. Ta riƙe wannan matsayin har zuwa lokacin da aka naɗa ta a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaba.  Daga cikin ayyukanta na mataimakiyar Sweeney akwai rawar da ta taka a matsayin mai hulɗa da ƙungiyoyin addini na AFL-CIO.  Babban aikin Holt Baker a matsayin mataimakiyar Sweeney, duk da haka, shine darektan kamfen ɗin Voice@Work na AFL-CIO. Wani ƙoƙari na gaba ga Haƙƙoƙin Amurka a Work and Working America, an tsara aikin Voice@Work don gina tallafin al'umma don ƙoƙarin shirya ƙungiyoyin kwadago. 

A matsayinta na babbar mataimakiya ga Sweeney, an yi ta naɗa Holt Baker sau da yawa don jagorantar ƙoƙarin siyasa na AFL-CIO. A shekara ta 2000, ta jagoranci haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago waɗanda suka yi rijistar masu zaɓe tare da tattara magoya baya a Pennsylvania, wani muhimmin fagen yaƙin zaɓe ga ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago. An ambaci ƙoƙarin Labour a Pennsylvania a matsayin mai matuƙar muhimmanci wajen lashe jihar ga jam'iyyar Democrat . Holt Baker ya jagoranci wannan kawancen a karo na biyu a shekara ta 2002, inda ya taimaka wa Ed Rendell ya lashe zaɓen gwamna. 

Aikin siyasa na Holt Baker ga AFL-CIO ya ci gaba a shekarar 2003. An naɗa ta shugabar ƙungiyar Working America Alliance, ƙungiya ta 527 da aka kafa ta haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin mambobi na AFL-CIO.  Daga baya a wannan shekarar, ta zama shugabar ƙungiyar Voices For Working Families (VFWF), wata ƙungiya ta 527 wadda daga ƙarshe ta zama ta 14 mafi girma wajen tara kuɗi a cikin dukkan ƙungiyoyi 527 a wannan shekarar.  Aikin Holt Baker na Voices for Working Families ya yi nasara sosai har jam'iyyar Republican ta shigar da ƙara a kan VFWF da wasu ƙungiyoyi 13 527 ga Hukumar Zaɓe ta Tarayya . Ƙorafin, wanda daga ƙarshe aka yi watsi da shi, ya yi zargin cewa VFWF da sauran ƙungiyoyi 527 suna haɗa ƙoƙarin zaɓensu ba bisa ƙa'ida ba tare da ƙa'ida ba tare da 

Sweeney ya naɗa Holt Baker manajan kamfen ɗinsa na 2005 (wanda ya yi nasara) don sake zaɓensa a matsayin shugaban AFL-CIO. 

A shekarun 2005 da 2006, Holt Baker ta jagoranci martanin murmurewa daga guguwar Katrina ta AFL-CIO a Louisiana da Mississippi . Ta tsara ayyukan agajin gaggawa a cikin watannin farko bayan bala'in, sannan ta kula da zuba jari da shirye-shiryen gina AFL-CIO a yankin.  

## Zaɓen AFL-CIO
A ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2007, Chavez-Thompson ta sanar da cewa za ta yi ritaya daga mukaminta na mataimakiyar shugaban zartarwa ta AFL-CIO a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 2007.  Shugaban AFL-CIO John Sweeney nan take ya sanar da cewa yana da niyyar majalisar zartarwa ta tarayya ta amince da Holt Baker don cike sauran wa'adin Chavez-Thompson wanda ba zai kare ba.   A taron da aka tsara akai-akai kwanaki 10 bayan haka, Majalisar Zartarwa ta AFL-CIO ta kada kuri'a baki daya don amincewa da Arlene Holt Baker a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban zartarwa ta AFL-CIO. Wa'adinta ya kare a shekarar 2009.   

Akalla wani fitaccen mai sharhi kan harkokin kwadago ya soki matakin da Holt Baker ya dauka a matsayin shugaban kungiyar kwadago. Harry Kelber, mai fafutukar kare dimokuradiyya ta kungiyar kwadago, ya yi jayayya cewa bai kamata Chavez-Thompson ya yi murabus nan take ba, sai dai idan aka ba shi sanarwar Majalisar Zartarwa ta watanni da dama domin a iya daukar karin 'yan takara da/ko a yi la'akari da cancantarsu; cewa lokacin da Chavez-Thompson ya yi ritaya ya ba da sanarwar 'yan kwanaki kacal ga Majalisar Zartarwa kafin a gudanar da zabe; kuma nadin ma'aikaci a matsayin shugaban da aka zaba ya saba wa ka'idojin dimokuradiyya ta kungiyar kwadago.

An sake zaɓen Holt Baker a matsayin mataimakin shugaban zartarwa na tsawon shekaru huɗu a taron shekara-shekara na AFL-CIO da aka tsara a watan Satumba na 2009.  A shekarar 2013, wani baƙo ɗan asalin ƙasar Habasha Tefere Gebre ya gaje ta. 

## Aikin siyasa
Holt Baker ta kasance mai himma a harkokin siyasar Democrat a mafi yawancin rayuwarta ta girma. An zaɓe ta a matsayin wakili daga California zuwa Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1988. An yi mata alƙawarin ga Michael Dukakis . 

Holt Baker ta samu matsayi mai girma a cikin shugabannin Jam'iyyar Democrat ta California . Daga ƙarshe aka zaɓe ta a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugabar Jam'iyyar ta farko a jihar. Ta yi murabus daga muƙamin a shekarar 1995 don ta karɓi aikinta a AFL-CIO. 

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