Mailing to Steering Committee members about meeting on January 24, where a video about the Labor Network made by Michael Elliot (UAW) will be previewed. Also, Labor Beat/Cable Access will show a film they made about the Labor Network. The mailing urges people to testify in favor of an ordinance which would ban the City of Chicago from purchasing commodities or from using credit cards from companies involved in the petroleum industry in South Africa. The Selective Purchasing Ordinance was introduced by Alderman Danny K. Davis at our request in July 1988. The mailing asks people to write to Alderman Barton Natarus, Chairman of the Finance Committee, to ask him to schedule the ordinance for...
Mailing to Steering Committee members about meeting on January 24, where a video about the Labor Network made by Michael Elliot (UAW) will be previewed. Also, Labor Beat/Cable Access will show a film they made about the Labor Network. The mailing urges people to testify in favor of an ordinance which would ban the City of Chicago from purchasing commodities or from using credit cards from companies involved in the petroleum industry in South Africa. The Selective Purchasing Ordinance was introduced by Alderman Danny K. Davis at our request in July 1988. The mailing asks people to write to Alderman Barton Natarus, Chairman of the Finance Committee, to ask him to schedule the ordinance for hearings. The treason trial of Moses Mayekiso (General Secretary of the Metalworkers Union) continues, but he was let out on bond after three years of being in jail His attorneys believe that international pressure has played an important role in his case. The mailing mentions ACTWU (American Clothing and Textile Workers Union), AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union), UAW (United Auto Workers), and SEIU (Service Employees International Union).
