Crown Cork Caves!!! Union Buster Agrees to Rehire Workers

Machinists, Steelworkers Play Major Role, International Solidarity Actions Forced Company Concessions

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Creator

The Africa Fund

Contributor

Bethuel Maserumule, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

March 24, 1992

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

The mailing says under concerted pressure inside South Africa and internationally, the Philadelphia-based Crown Cork and Seal Co. has agreed in principle to rehire all 196 workers it fired in South Africa last September; the South African Metalworkers Union today accepted a proposed settlement of the dispute between their local at Alrode and Crown Cork and Seal. The mailing says the tentative settlement follows demonstrations and a boycott campaign launched in South Africa by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and that in the United States the International Association of Machinists and United Steelworkers of America spearheaded the campaign. The mailing includes a fax...

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Organization

The Africa Fund

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

This item was digitized for Aluka, which made it available to the African Activist Archive. See: http://www.aluka.org/

Rights Management

Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to The Africa Fund).

Collection

Africa Action Archive