Linda Chavez-Thompson

**Linda Chavez-Thompson** (an haife ta a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1944)   shugabar ƙungiyar ' yan Mexico-Amurka ce ta ƙarni na biyu.  An zaɓe ta a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar zartarwa ta AFL-CIO a 1995 kuma ta yi aiki har zuwa 21 ga Satumba, 2007. Ta kuma kasance mataimakiyar shugabar Kwamitin Jam'iyyar Democrat na Ƙasa daga 1997 zuwa 2012   kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin amintattu na United Way of America . &#x5B; ** &#x5D; Ita ce 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Democrat a zaɓen Laftanar Gwamnan Texas a zaɓen 2010. 

## Rayuwar farko
Ba a fayyace inda aka haifi Chavez-Thompson ba  . Duk da cewa wasu majiyoyi sun bayyana ta a matsayin "baƙo ba bisa ƙa'ida ba",  wasu nassoshi sun yi iƙirarin cewa an haife ta a Lorenzo a Crosby County a Yammacin Texas kuma ta girma a Lubbock .   Mahaifinta mai rabon amfanin gona ne, kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin yara bakwai. Tana da shekaru 10, ta ɗauki aikin haƙo auduga a gonaki a Lorenzo don bazara. Aikin da ta yi aiki a kai na tsawon shekaru tara masu zuwa. Ta kuma ɗebo auduga tsawon shekaru da yawa. Ta daina makarantar sakandare tana da shekaru 16 don taimakawa wajen tallafa wa iyalinta, kuma ta yi aure tana da shekaru 20. Ta haifi 'ya mace a 1964 da ɗa a 1976. Ta saki mijinta na farko a 1984 kuma a shekara mai zuwa ta auri Robert Thompson, shugaban Amalgamated Transit Local 694 a San Antonio na dogon lokaci. Ya mutu a 1993 sakamakon matsalolin cutar kansar huhu .      

## Ayyukan ƙungiyar farko
A shekarar 1967, Chavez-Thompson ta zama sakatare a ma'aikatan Construction Labor's Local 1253 a Lubbock, Texas Labor's International Union of North America .     Lokacin da guguwa ta afkawa yankin Lubbock a wannan shekarar, ta yi aikin sa kai don daidaita ayyukan agaji na Texas AFL-CIO. Ta ji daɗin aikin sosai, ta zama mai shirya ma'aikata na Majalisar Gundumar Ma'aikata ta Arewacin Texas. Yaƙin neman zaɓenta na farko shine taimaka wa ma'aikatan birni a Lubbock su kafa ƙungiya. Sun yi nasara.   

Da ta fahimci cewa tsarin gudanarwa na gwamnati shine abin da ta fi jin daɗinsa, Chavez-Thompson ta shiga ma'aikatan Tarayyar Amurka, Gunduma da Ma'aikatan Karamar Hukuma a matsayin Wakili na Ƙasa da Ƙasa a 1971. Daga nan ta tafi aiki a (AFSCME Local #2399) a San Antonio a 1973 a matsayin mataimakiyar wakiliyar kasuwanci. An ɗaukaka ta zuwa wakilin kasuwanci, sannan aka naɗa ta babban darektan Local 2399, reshen San Antonio na AFSCME. Ta zama mai shiga tsakani a talabijin na gida da jaridu na gida. A 1978, ta yi adawa da yajin aikin da 'yan yankinta suka yi, tana sane da cewa za a kore su daga aiki saboda yajin aiki. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Daga baya aka zaɓe ta a kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Ma'aikata ta Tsakiya ta San Antonio da kuma Texas AFL-CIO. An zaɓe ta a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar Majalisar Ma'aikata ta Latin Amurka a shekarar 1986. An fara zaɓe ta a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar ƙasa da ƙasa ta AFSCME a shekarar 1988.  A shekarar 1993, Chavez-Thompson ta zama mace ta farko 'yar Hispanic da aka zaɓa a Majalisar Zartarwa ta AFL-CIO.    A ranar 1 ga Maris, 1995, an zaɓe ta a matsayin babbar darakta ta AFSCME Texas Council 42, wata majalisar jiha ta ƙungiyar da ke Austin tare da membobi 12,000 a ƙungiyoyi 21.  

## Manazarta

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