AFSCME ACTIVISTS AT WORK: Keeping Our Money from APARTHEID South Africa

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Creator

American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

Place Created

United States

Date

About April 1983

Type of Item

Article

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The article reports on AFSCME Council 93 lobbying for a bill just passed by the Massachusetts legislature that will pull $88.8 million out of companies and banks doing business in South Africa. Also, the Connecticut AFSCME Council 4 lobbied for divestment by the state and the city of Hartford. The article cites Dumisani Kumalo of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA). The article reports on conditions of black workers in South Africa in employment, wages, social security, and collective bargaining and on an AFSCME resolution that calls on the United States to impose sanctions on South Africa. [Note: This item was distributed at the Second National Conference of Public Investment and South...

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Publisher

American Committee on Africa; Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa (MASS Divest)

Organization

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Collection

Alan Zaslavsky Africa Collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections