Florence De Villiers, General Secretary of the South African Domestic Workers Union (SADWU), speaking at a meeting of District Council 1707 of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) in New York. Behind her are banners of the District Council and two of its locals that organize Head Start employees and teachers and related groups. De Villiers also was a member of the Central Executive Committee and the International Committee of the Congress of South African trade Unions (COSATU), with which SADWU was affiliated. She was on a tour to New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Detroit organized by The Africa Fund. [See announcement of this tour, "Domestic Workers...
Florence De Villiers, General Secretary of the South African Domestic Workers Union (SADWU), speaking at a meeting of District Council 1707 of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) in New York. Behind her are banners of the District Council and two of its locals that organize Head Start employees and teachers and related groups. De Villiers also was a member of the Central Executive Committee and the International Committee of the Congress of South African trade Unions (COSATU), with which SADWU was affiliated. She was on a tour to New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Detroit organized by The Africa Fund. [See announcement of this tour, "Domestic Workers and Women's Empowerment in the New South Africa," on this website.]
![Florence De Villiers, General Secretary of the South African Domestic Workers Union (SADWU), speaking at a meeting of District Council 1707 of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) in New York. Behind her are banners of the District Council and two of its locals that organize Head Start employees and teachers and related groups. De Villiers also was a member of the Central Executive Committee and the International Committee of the Congress of South African trade Unions (COSATU), with which SADWU was affiliated. She was on a tour to New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Detroit organized by The Africa Fund. [See announcement of this tour, "Domestic Workers and Women's Empowerment in the New South Africa," on this website.]](/recordFiles/210-849-33131/devilliersNYoct1995.jpg)