The press release says from South Africa (SA), metal union official Khola Mayekiso visited Chicago today while campaigning for the freedom of her husband Moses; he has been on trial since Oct. 1987 charged with "high treason'' by the apartheid government of SA; Khola Mayekiso's visit was met with much enthusiasm by the local union leaders and activists who attended two events in her honor. The press release says at an afternoon labor reception, held at the United Auto Workers (UWA) regional headquarters on River Road in Des Plaines, UAW director Bill Stewart called on local unions to "bring more international pressure on the South African government to free Moses Mayekiso and all political...
The press release says from South Africa (SA), metal union official Khola Mayekiso visited Chicago today while campaigning for the freedom of her husband Moses; he has been on trial since Oct. 1987 charged with "high treason'' by the apartheid government of SA; Khola Mayekiso's visit was met with much enthusiasm by the local union leaders and activists who attended two events in her honor. The press release says at an afternoon labor reception, held at the United Auto Workers (UWA) regional headquarters on River Road in Des Plaines, UAW director Bill Stewart called on local unions to "bring more international pressure on the South African government to free Moses Mayekiso and all political detainees in SA." The press release says at an evening union rally, held at the clothing and textile workers union hall, at 333 S. Ashland in Chicago, Khola Mayekiso was greeted by hundreds of local unionists; the rally was hosted by Jack Parton, district 31 director of the steelworkers union, and president Johnnie Jackson of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. The press release discusses Alexandra Township, the international labor movement, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW).
