GM in South Africa

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Creator

Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa

Contributor

Africa Research Group

Place Created

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Date

Undated, Fall 1970?

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

This leaflet largely consists of text of an article written by the Africa Research Group. The leaflet says 350,000 GM workers (in the U.S. and Canada) are out on strike. The leaflet says in South African factories, blacks are limited ti unskilled jobs and are not allowed to have unions. They also cannot earn the same wages as white workers for the same job. The starting wages for black South Africans in Ford, GM, and Chrysler plants is 52 cents to 52 cents an hour, and rarely goes above 98 cent. The same corporations that workers here are struggling against in the current auto strike are the corporations exploiting blacks in South Africa. [Note on date: The strike by U.S. and Canadian workers...

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Organization

Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of David Wiley and William Minter, former members of Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa.

Collection

Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections