The press release says, on August 3, a series of actions began in Chicago in support of the general strike taking place in South Africa. South African unions and democratic organizations led by the African National Congress (ANC) began an escalating series of actions aimed at ousting the De Klerk government. Chicago actions in response to requests for solidarity action from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the ANC include visits to elected officials in Congress and county and city government and calling for pressure on President F. W. De Klerk to resign and democratic elections to take place. Participants in actions in Chicago included representatives from the auto...
The press release says, on August 3, a series of actions began in Chicago in support of the general strike taking place in South Africa. South African unions and democratic organizations led by the African National Congress (ANC) began an escalating series of actions aimed at ousting the De Klerk government. Chicago actions in response to requests for solidarity action from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the ANC include visits to elected officials in Congress and county and city government and calling for pressure on President F. W. De Klerk to resign and democratic elections to take place. Participants in actions in Chicago included representatives from the auto workers, service employees, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), teachers and other unions; Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa (CCISSA); and other anti-apartheid groups. The press release discusses sending an observer to South Africa, taking out an ad in the Johannesburg Star, a letter campaign to Presidents Bush and De Klerk, and a commemoration of South African Women's Day sponsored by the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW).
