The press release says South African labor representative Nomonde Ngubo will give the Keynote Address at a labor conference on South Africa Saturday, June 11 at the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, 333 S. Ashland, Chicago; the conference begins at 9:30 a.m. Ngubo will speak at 10:00 a.m. The press release says a news conference is scheduled on Monday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. in the 2nd floor City Hall Press Room in Chicago to announce the plan of action adopted by the unions at Saturday's labor conference. City Council members, including Alderman Danny K. Davis, and labor representatives will join Ngubo at the news conference. The press release says Nomonde Ngubo is an International...
The press release says South African labor representative Nomonde Ngubo will give the Keynote Address at a labor conference on South Africa Saturday, June 11 at the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, 333 S. Ashland, Chicago; the conference begins at 9:30 a.m. Ngubo will speak at 10:00 a.m. The press release says a news conference is scheduled on Monday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. in the 2nd floor City Hall Press Room in Chicago to announce the plan of action adopted by the unions at Saturday's labor conference. City Council members, including Alderman Danny K. Davis, and labor representatives will join Ngubo at the news conference. The press release says Nomonde Ngubo is an International Representative of the United Mine Workers (UMW) in Washington, D.C.; prior to coming to the U.S. 3 years ago, she helped develop the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), South Africa's largest union; she works through the UMW to build international labor solidarity. The press release says Ngubo is also a coordinator of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) with U.S. unions; in her Saturday address, Ngubo will report on this week's strike by COSATU in South Africa, the largest labor action in South Africa's history. The press release says unions leaders and members from throughout Illinois are expected to have a spirited discussion at the Saturday conference and to agree on a highly intensified plan of action to support trade unions in South Africa; discussion will center on pressuring Shell to pull out of South Africa, for all companies to cut off trade and for Congress to pass comprehensive mandatory sanctions; conference organizers are mobilizing union members for the June 16 Soweto Day Demonstration at the South African Consulate in Chicago. The press release says reporters and photographers are welcome. Contacts on the press release are Kathy Devine and Debbie Lain. The press release discusses the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
