South Africa, 1988-1991

File — Box: 21, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Letter to Mazur from the Lesotho-Haps Development Co. re striking workers, August 22, 1991; funding proposal for SACTU National Open School, with cover letter to Mazur from AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center, March 28, 1991; ILO Washington Focus special edition, “Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the International Labor Congress: Geneva, June 8, 1990”; flyer for demonstration against apartheid, at South African Consulate in NY, February 2, 1990; letter to Mazur from Roger Wilkins, national coordinator of Democracy for South Africa, thanking organized labor for help in making Nelson Mandela U.S. tour a success, with note to Mazur re Wilkins from Gus Tyler, July 6, 1990; letters and faxed messages to Mazur from Garment & Allied Workers’ Union and other South African trade unions, thanking ILGWU for support in successful strike by Rex Trueform and Hextex workers, 1988-89; proposal by NY Labor Committee Against Apartheid for visit by South African trade unionists to New York to tour U.S. counterparts and attend conference, February 6-10, 1991; memos to Mazur from ILGWU international relations director Michele Briones re union activities in South Africa, 1989; letter to Mazur from the Committee for International Support of Trade Union Rights, with attached petition to free Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners in South Africa, September 11, 1989; letter from Mazur to chairman of Chemical Bank, urging him to withdraw financial support for Minorco, a company owned by De Beers, March 6, 1989; photocopy of June 1989 South African Labour Bulletin; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, on H.R. 1580, a bill relating to proposed sanctions against South Africa for submission to the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June 13, 1988; statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Southern Africa, August 1988; testimony of Byron Charlton of the African-American Labor Center on behalf of the AFL-CIO before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. Policy Options toward South Africa, June 23, 1988; letter to Mazur from Richard Trumka, president of the United Mine Workers of America, noting good progress in Shell boycott, asking assistance in furthering campaign to pressure Royal Dutch/Shell to leave South Africa, with attached list of boycott participants, June 24, 1988; article re trade, Third World debt, hunger, for Food Monitor, with cover memo to Mazur and other ILGWU officials, June 24, 1988; record of summons for disorderly conduct in connection with demonstration at South African consulate, with cover letter addressed to Mazur from attorneys, April 20, 1988; newspaper clipping from the Daily Nation, Kenya, “Halt this influx of textiles,” August 15, 1988, circulated to ILGWU executive council and senior staff; other newspaper clippings

Dates

1988-1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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