Mailing signed by Johnnie Jackson, President, Chicago Chapter, CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women); Jack Parton, Director, District 31, USWA (United Steelworkers of America); and Bill Stewart, Director, Region 4, UAW (United Auto Workers). Mailing contains a sample letter for union members to sign that condemns the violence in South Africa, calls for an International Commission of Inquiry, and denounces the F. W. De Klerk regime for not negotiating in good faith. COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) has call for a General Strike to begin on August 3 to demand an end to the violence and to break the logjam in talks to end white rule, so we hope to turn in some of the letters by...
Mailing signed by Johnnie Jackson, President, Chicago Chapter, CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women); Jack Parton, Director, District 31, USWA (United Steelworkers of America); and Bill Stewart, Director, Region 4, UAW (United Auto Workers). Mailing contains a sample letter for union members to sign that condemns the violence in South Africa, calls for an International Commission of Inquiry, and denounces the F. W. De Klerk regime for not negotiating in good faith. COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) has call for a General Strike to begin on August 3 to demand an end to the violence and to break the logjam in talks to end white rule, so we hope to turn in some of the letters by August 3. The mailing mentions a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent Boipatong massacre, other killings, U.S. President George Bush, the Senate Committee on Africa, Nelson Mandela, the ANC (African National Congress), Jay Naidoo, and CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa).
