[Enclosed please find a draft of the oil-specific selective purchasing bill that I had said I would send you a while ago.]

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Creator

Anne M. Werboff; Boycott Shell Committee

Place Created

Washington, DC, United States

Date

June 1, 1988

Type of Item

Resolution

Length/duration

4 pages

Description

Letter to Miloanne Hecathorn from Anne M. Werboff, National Organizer of the Shell Boycott Education Project, with a draft selective purchasing ordinance for cities, asking for comments before it is disseminated to other local organizers. The model Selective Purchasing Ordinance prohibits a City from purchasing any commodity from a person or affiliate that "refines, stores, transports or distributes" crude oil or refined petroleum products in South Africa, or a person that distributes goods or technology for use by others for these purposes located in South Africa or in a place governed by South African law. It also prohibits a City from issuing credit cards that allows employees to charge...

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Publisher

Boycott Shell Committee

Organization

Boycott Shell Campaign

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of the United Mine Workers of America.

Collection

Miloanne Hecathorn papers, Michigan State University Library Special Collections