[STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, February 19, 1991, ACTWU]

Contents: I. Announcements and brief items • A. NY labor conference postponed until summer • B. Vote Yes Campaign - March 12 • C. Gulf War opposition in SA • D. Alexandra Sister Community Project - $100 • II. Finances, staff and organizational structure • III. Distribution of Information • A. Suggestions re distribution of materials • B. Packet "Inside South Africa" 4/90-1/91 • IV. South Africa and violence • A. ANC and Inkatha agreement • B. Operation PUSH and Gatsha Buthelezi - Prexy Nesbitt's response for anti-apartheid groups • V. Sanctions Committee report • VI. Corporate Campaigns • VII. Soweto Day report • A. What role should ILNAA play in Soweto Day actions? • B. What do we need • Next Meetings • Agenda of the Steering Committee meeting of Tuesday, February 19, 1991 at ACTWU. Attachments include RECOMMENDATIONS RE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION TO UNIONS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA; CHAIRS, CO-CHAIRS and STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE LABOR NETWORK Feb. 1991; and NELSON MANDELA IS FREE BUT HE CANNOT VOTE by The Africa Fund. The agenda and attachments mention the ANC (African National Congress), resolutions, Shell, Citibank, American Cyanamid, Tribune, ACTWU (American Clothing and Textile Workers Union), J. Vaughn, t-shirts, buttons, posters, photos, video, multinationals, SA Women's Day, visitors from South Africa, unions in South Africa, CCISSA (Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa), Basil Clunie, CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women), Johnnie M. Jackson, ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union), CBTU (Coalition of Black Trade Unionists), Harold Rogers, USWA, Jack Parton, Stafford Garbutt, UAW (United Auto Workers), Bill Stewart, Carole Travis, Dick Ziebell, the Chicago Area Civil Rights Committee, Carl Shier, Michael Elliott, Teresa Polk-Henderson, IAM (International Association of Machinists), USWA (United Steel Workers of America), AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), Michael Calendo, Silas Anderson, Steve Culen, Rosetta Daylie, Tish Taylor, Ron Bowden, Max Liberles, Barbara Guide, Stanley Gross, Rebecca Kessinger, Arthur Hoover, Joe Costigan, Tony Kujawa, UMWA (United Mine Workers of America), links/ties to South African unions, action alerts, international unions, legacies of apartheid in South Africa and region, U.S. government policies, news releases to union publications, Jory McChesney, Andy Mason, All Richardson (Ron Powell), Cole Wright, Charlie Barton, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers Union), SEIU (Service Employees International Union), Eugene Moats, Bob Agnes, Jarvis Williams, AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), Bob Nelson, Archester Neal (Agatha Joseph), IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters), AFT (American Federation of Teachers), Jackie Vaughn, Mitch Vogel, CWA (Communication Workers of America), Ed Disch (Mike Handley), OCAW (Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union), UE (United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America), Terry Davis (Non Clark), Edna Smith, RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union), Erroll Steine (Charlie Lewis), IEASO (Illinois Education Association Staff Organization), Tom Suhrbur, HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees), and Jim Dyson.