Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee
Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration: April 1985 - Unknown, existed in 1992
The Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee was formed in April 1985 by officials and rank and file members of a number of trade unions came together to form the Committee including over 25 local and regional unions, such as the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Service Employees...
The Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee was formed in April 1985 by officials and rank and file members of a number of trade unions came together to form the Committee including over 25 local and regional unions, such as the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Service Employees International Union Local 668, AFSCME District Councils #33 and #47, and the Hospital Workers Union. The Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee was an independent organization formed to support the new independent black unions in South Africa, and to help educate the U.S. trade union movement and the American people about the nature of apartheid. Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee worked with other groups as part of the Martin Luther Ling Anti-Apartheid Coalition. In 1992 the Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee was involved in a successful campaign to get Crown Cork and Seal Company to rehire worker fired in September at its wholly-owned Alrode subsidiary near Johannesburg after workers supported a September 16-17 stayaway protesting state-sponsored violence; the fired workers were members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). The co-chairs were Robert J. Kallish (SEIU) and Bernie Dinkin (ACTWU). (Source: Philadelphia Area Labor Against Apartheid Committee material on this website; An Anti-apartheid 'Caper' Mime Troupe Headlines Benefit At Uptown by Renee V. Lucas, Philadelphia Daily News, March 17, 1988 accessed October 28, 2014; and various documents of other organizations on this website including: A Concert to Celebrate Nelson Mandela's 71st Birthday, Friends of SOMAFCO, July 22, 1989; and A MAJOR VICTORY OVER CROWN CORK AND SEAL BUT SHOT STEWARD MURDERED AS ATTACKS ON LABOR CONTINUE by Mike Fleshman, The Africa Fund, April 2, 1992.)
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