[Dear Friends, Plant closings, layoffs, discrimination in hiring ad upgrading, and difficulty in keeping up ...]

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Creator

Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa

Place Created

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date

Early 1981

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

1 page

Description

This mailing notes that in South Africa, Black workers, the majority of the population, have virtually no trade union rights, and they are paid one-eighth of the wages of white South African. The mailing notes that Rep. Mel King and Sen, Jack Backman recently introduced legislation, Senate Bill 1138, which, if passed, would require that money in the state employees pension fund which is invested in banks and corporation that do business in South Africa be divested and reinvested in firms that do not do business in South Africa. The mailing notes that in January the Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa was set up by concerned members and representative of unions, churches,...

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Organization

Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa (MASS Divest)

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of MASS Divest.

Collection

Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections