(Disamba 26, 2009)
Abin da ya sa shi ne ciwon daji na pancreatic, in ji ɗan'uwansa, Sean.
Malamai da dama da masu fafutuka na ƙwadago sun yaba Mista Costello a matsayin ƙwararren ma'aikaci-hankali. Wani babban mutum, ɗan asalin birnin Boston, ya tuka manyan motocin isar mai, ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan leƙen asiri, ya kafa ƙungiyar da ke yaƙi da saurin bunƙasa amfani da ma'aikatan wucin gadi da haɓaka alaƙa ta kud da kud da masu fafutuka a China, Italiya da Mexico.
Littafin da ya fi shahara shi ne "Globalization From Below: The Power of Solidarity" (2000), wanda aka rubuta tare da Jeremy Brecher da Brendan Smith, wanda ya zama babban jigo ga masu fafutuka na ƙwadago waɗanda suka yi iƙirarin cewa haɗin gwiwar duniya yana lalata ayyukan yi da rage albashi a Amurka yayin da ake amfani da su. ma'aikata a Asiya. A cikin shekaru ashirin da ya yi yana tuka manyan motoci - shi ma direba ne mai tsayi - Mista Costello yakan yi amfani da bayan motarsa a matsayin nazari na sirri don karatu da rubutu.
Mista Costello ya kasance sau da yawa matakai da yawa a gaban sauran ƙungiyoyin aiki. A cikin 2005, ya taimaka wajen samo Dabarun Ma'aikata na Duniya, waɗanda suka haɓaka ƙawancen kan iyaka don yaƙi don inganta albashi da yanayin aiki a cikin fuskantar matsin lamba daga kamfanonin da ke ƙaura zuwa ketare. A shekarar 2007, lokacin da kungiyoyin 'yan kasuwa na Amurka da na Turai ke fafatawa da shirin kasar Sin na yin amfani da wata doka mai karfafa 'yancin ma'aikata, Mista Costello ya kasance babban jigo wajen dakile yunkurin kamfanoni na dakile wannan doka.
"Mun kira shi Cosmic Tim saboda ya zama kamar yana ko'ina a sararin samaniya," in ji James Green, masanin tarihin aiki a Jami'ar Massachusetts, Boston, wanda abokinsa ne kuma farfesa na Mista Costello. "Ya kasance kamar ya yi jigilar kaya ko'ina ya karanta komai."
An haifi Timothy Mark Costello a Boston a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1945. Mahaifinsa shi ne shugaban wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da ke wakiltar masu walda motocin jirgin ƙasa. Ya girma a Dedham, Mass., kuma ya sauke karatu daga Huntington School for Boys a Boston a 1964. Ya halarci Kwalejin Goddard a Vermont kafin ya koma Kwalejin Franconia a New Hampshire da New School a New York, inda ya shiga Dalibai don samun digiri. Jam'iyyar Democrat.
Yayin da yake makaranta a New York, ya fara tuka manyan motocin mai. A cikin 1971, ya koma Boston, ba tare da kammala karatun koleji ba, kuma ya ci gaba da tuka manyan motocin isar mai kuma, kamar yadda ya yi a New York, yana rubutu da magana kan cin hanci da rashawa a cikin ƙungiyar Teamsters.
A tsakiyar 1970s ya yi balaguro zuwa ƙetare don nazarin illolin koma bayan tattalin arziki ga matasa ma'aikata, inda ya samar da wani littafi, "Common Sense for Hard Times," tare da Mista Brecher, marubucin marubucin da ya daɗe.
Yayin da yake Boston, ya canza ayyukan yin tuƙi don zama direba mai tsayi, galibi yana ɗaukar kaya zuwa Deep South da Midwest. Ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Massachusetts, Boston, inda ya sami digiri na farko a can a 1990. Ya zama wakilin kasuwanci na Local 285 na Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Ƙasashen Duniya, wanda ke wakiltar ma'aikatan asibiti da masu kulawa.
A cikin 1999, ya kafa Campaign on Contingent Work, wanda ya samo asali zuwa wata kungiya da ya taimaka ya samo, Ƙungiyar Arewacin Amirka don Samar da Aiki mai Kyau, Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin 65 da ke adawa da karuwar amfani da ma'aikatan wucin gadi, waɗanda ba su da aikin tsaro, inshorar lafiya. ko fansho.
Tare da Mr. Brewcher, ya kuma rubuta "gina gadoji: hadadden hade da hadin kan aiki da al'umma" (1990) da kuma Pillage Stillage: Mataimakin Sikkin Duniya: Maimaitawar Duniya Daga Kasa "(1994).
Ban da ɗan'uwansa, Sean, na Belmont, Mass., matarsa, Susanne Rasmussen ya rasu; 'ya'yansa mata Pia, na Cambridge, da Gillian, na Brooklyn; da jikoki biyu.
Mista Costello ya kasance mai karamin karfi, in ji dan’uwansa, amma ya kasance har abada yana fafutuka saboda wani dalili ko wani. Sean Costello ya ce: "Ya yi tunanin cewa idan kana hagu," in ji Sean Costello, "za ku yi aiki da shi har tsawon rayuwar ku, kuma ba za ku yi nasara ba, amma zai cancanci ƙoƙarin."
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