LABOR DEMONSTRATION

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Creator

Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid

Place Created

Forest Park, Illinois, United States

Date

Undated about February or early March 1988

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Postcard size leaflet advertising a Labor Demonstration on Friday, March 18, 1988 in Chicago and a march to the new South African Consulate. The leaflet says speakers will include labor leaders; Danny K. Davis, City Council President Pro-Tem; and Reverend George Clements. The leaflet says Free South African trade union leaders, political prisoners and children. The leaflet says today, Moses Mayekiso, leader of the 150,000 member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, is on trial for "treason" for the "crimes" of union organizing and opposing apartheid! Under What You Can Do the leaflet asks people to circulate petitions demanding the release of trade union leaders, participate in the...

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Organization

Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of a former member of the Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid.

Collection

Kathleen M. Devine papers