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Memorandum to All Local Union Presidents, Recording Secretaries, and Financial Secretaries Region 4 - UAW (Outstate Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska only) from Bill Stewart, Director Region 4 - UAW. The memorandum says this week we won a tremendous victory; on Monday all charges against South African union leader Moses Mayekiso were dropped! The memorandum says the freeing of Moses shows that international solidarity works; unions in South Africa and throughout the world waged an extensive campaign on his behalf; posters calling for Moses' release could be seen throughout South Africa; Moses' fellow union members packed the courtroom day after day. The memorandum says a guilty verdict would have had a chilling effect on the growing black trade union movement; the malicious prosecution by the government, however, was not supported by the facts in the case; the trial judge dropped all charges against the five accused. The memorandum says thousands of postcards were sent to the South African Ambassador; thousands of petitions and letters were sent; thousands of dollars have been contributed; many of you helped to make Moses' freedom a reality; Moses noted the contributions of the UAW following the judge's verdict while celebrations began in Johannesburg on Monday.

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[Greetings: This week we won a tremendous victory. On Monday all charges against South African union leader Moses Mayekiso were dropped!]

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