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24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BANNED BY THE APARTHEID REGIME FOR TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES

24 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BANNED BY THE APARTHEID REGIME FOR TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES

Poster by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). The poster lists the victims of banning and detention orders including Eric Tyacke, Secretary, Urban Training Project (Johannesburg); L. Douwes-Dekker, Chairman, ditto; Sipho Khubeka, Metal and Allied Workers' Union (Johannesburg); Gavin Anderson, ditto; Jenny Curtin, Industrial Aid Society (Johannesburg); John Copelyn, Secretary, Trade Union Advisory and Coordinating Council (Natal); Jeanette Murphy, ditto; Mike Murphy, African Transport Workers' Union; Alpheus Mthethwa, Metal and Allied Workers' Union (Natal); N. Ndlovu, ditto; Pat Horn, Institute for Industrial Education; Charles Simkins, ditto; Judy Favish, Western Province Workers' Advice Bureau (Cape Town); Jeremy Baskin, ditto; John Frankish, ditto; June-Rose Nala, National Union of Textile Workers (Natal); Omed Zuma, ditto; Zora Mehlomakhulu, Western Province Workers' Advice Bureau (Cape Town); Alpheus Ndude, ditto; Helford Ndzotyana, ditto; and David Sikobi, ditto. The poster asks HAS YOUR UNION PROTESTED THESE BANNINGS? and IS YOUR UNION SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH THE AFRICAN WORKERS? MAKE SURE IT DOES. • JOIN THE WORLDWIDE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA ORGANIZED BY THE FREE LABOR MOVEMENT DURING THE WEEK BEGINNING 17 JANUARY 1977 Size: about 23 x 16 1/2 inches.
Creator

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Place Created

Brussels, Belgium

Date

Second half of 1976?

Type of Item

Poster

Description

Poster by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). The poster lists the victims of banning and detention orders including Eric Tyacke, Secretary, Urban Training Project (Johannesburg); L. Douwes-Dekker, Chairman, ditto; Sipho Khubeka, Metal and Allied Workers' Union (Johannesburg); Gavin Anderson, ditto; Jenny Curtin, Industrial Aid Society (Johannesburg); John Copelyn, Secretary, Trade Union Advisory and Coordinating Council (Natal); Jeanette Murphy, ditto; Mike Murphy, African Transport Workers' Union; Alpheus Mthethwa, Metal and Allied Workers' Union (Natal); N. Ndlovu, ditto; Pat Horn, Institute for Industrial Education; Charles Simkins, ditto; Judy Favish,...
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THEY WERE ALL GENUINELY INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AFRICAN TRADE UNIONS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES. BUT THE VORSTER REGIME IS DETERMINED TO STRANGLE THE AFRICAN TRADE UNION MOVEMENT: to maintain the African workers in a permanent state of subservience receiving starvation wages, subject to arbitrary dismissals, denied means of advancement.

Organization

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

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Collection

Private collection of Richard Knight

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