SUBJECT: Anti-Apartheid Movement in Southern Africa

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Creator

Will Hatch; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587

Place Created

Seattle, Washington, United States

Date

August 3, 1987

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

The mailing says 50 trade unionists from the U.S. and Canada met in Chicago to discuss apartheid in Namibia. Shirley Walker, a member of Local 587, attended the three-day conference, representing the Seattle Labor Committee Against Apartheid. Featured speakers were SWAPO General Secretary Andimba Toivo ja Toivo and Barnabus Tjizu of the Namibian Metal and Allied Workers Union; also participating were U.S. Representative Charles Hayes, U.S. Senator Paul Simon, Ambassador Zuze of the United Nations Council for Namibia, and William Henning of the New York Labor Committee Against Apartheid. The mailing also invited people to attend a social event at the Cherry Hill Baptist Church in Seattle and...

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Organization

Seattle Labor Committee Against Apartheid

Coverage Africa

Namibia
South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Seattle Labor Committee Against Apartheid.

Collection

Seattle Labor Committee Against Apartheid papers