Action Alert about the Cranston/Dellums Comprehensive Sanctions bills S. 556/H.R. 1580, introduced early in the 100th Congress to begin building Congressional and grassroots support for stronger sanctions against South Africa. This legislation is needed to respond to the continuing violent repression and imprisonment of trade union leaders by South Africa's apartheid government. In October 1986, the U.S. Congress enacted a limited sanctions law. It was an important step forward, but its provisions are limited and U.S. companies and the Reagan Administration have exploited loopholes in that law. The new bills mandate complete disinvestment of all U.S. companies within six months of passage of...
Action Alert about the Cranston/Dellums Comprehensive Sanctions bills S. 556/H.R. 1580, introduced early in the 100th Congress to begin building Congressional and grassroots support for stronger sanctions against South Africa. This legislation is needed to respond to the continuing violent repression and imprisonment of trade union leaders by South Africa's apartheid government. In October 1986, the U.S. Congress enacted a limited sanctions law. It was an important step forward, but its provisions are limited and U.S. companies and the Reagan Administration have exploited loopholes in that law. The new bills mandate complete disinvestment of all U.S. companies within six months of passage of the bill. Comprehensive sanctions and disinvestment are strongly supported by South Africa's trade unions; the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the country's largest labor federation, continues its plea for us to take action against the apartheid regime which bans their strikes, jails their leaders, and bars their protests. People are asked to urge Senators Alan Dixon and Paul Simon as well as House members to co-sponsor S. 556 and H.R. 1580. The Action Alert mentions Representatives Charles Hayes, Gus Savage, Cardiss Collins, Lane H. Evans, R Kenneth Fray, Martin Russo, William O. Lipinski, Dan Rostenkowski, Sidney R. Yates, Frank Annunzio, Lynn Martin, Terry Bruce, Richard J. Durbin, and Melvin Price.
