Portland Observer, May 8, 1986, Page 9
South African
lack unions lead apartheid fight
Resistance to apart h a d is gaining
m om entum inside South A fric a , just
l eaders o f the w orld's free labor
unions stressed during the IC F I U
as it is internationally.
At the leading edge o f the struggle
meeting that the international cam ­
paign to eliminate apartheid is geared
is the independent Black trade union
to the needs o f the Black workers and
movement which is “ growing both in
its strength and in its anger at what
is happening in the tow nships," as
Phiroshaw C am a y , general secretary
o f the Council o f Unions o f South
th a r unions, w ho they see as the great
A fric a (C U S A ), put it at a press con­
ference follow ing the meeting o f the
executive board o f the International
Confederation o f Free T rade Unions
in W ashington.
hope o f South A fric a .
" I want to stress that what we do
is in response to the needs as expressed
by our South A fric a n trade union
friend s," IC F T U Gen.-Sec. John
Vanderveken told reporters. “ It is not
a program that we dream up for than
It is worked out w ith th e m ."
Norm Crosby
to meet teens
South A fric a n Black unions took part
in the IC F T U meeting It included
Cam ay and President Chris Dlam ini
o f the Federation o f South A fric a n
Trade Unions (F O S A T U ). C U S A and
F O S A T U are the tw o largest group­
ings in the independent Black union
m ovem ent.
As apartheid
continues
to
grip
their nation, the Black trade unions
are rapidly expanding and have be­
come more articulate in their de­
mands. Black membership has grown
HUO percent since 1980.
"T h e y are claiming the applica:ion
o f fair laoor standards generally, and
have made signiticant gains," Director
General Francis Blandard o f the Inter
natuxial I a tx » Office pointed out in an
address to the IC F T U board.
The large-scale work stoppages in the
Transvaal area last Novem ba and other
demonstrations since then reflect the
growing impatience o f Blacks with the
government’s refusal to ahaixkxi its
apartheid policies.
The IC F T U boad noted in a repixt on
South African labor developments that
in spite o f these aduevemenis uruon
membership still only represents 15
percent o f the workforce o f the country,
estimated at 10.3 million
Union membership in 1983 was esti­
w ill visit T he Salvation
A rm y ’s Greenhouse Center M a y 14
to meet some o f P o rtla n d ’s toughest
teenagers.
Crosby w ill visit the Greenhouse,
a drop-in center for hardened street
teens, between 3:00 - 3:30 p.m .
Crosby w ill be in tow n to make
another appearance on behalf o f the
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Rotay C lub o f P o rtland. Rotary co­
sponsors the Greenhouse w ith The
Salvation A rm y .
The Greenhouse
Center
opened
nearly 18 months ago to provide hun­
dreds o f P o rtla n d ’ s street teens with
a sanctuary fro m their own violent
life styles. A t Greenhouse, kids re­
ceive hot meals, counseling, clothing
and a num ber o f olher services, in­
cluding
emergency
transportal ion
home all across ihe country.
" M a n y o f these kids are runaways
with no other place to tu r n ," said L i.
C ol. David P. Riley, T he Salvation
A rm y's
mander.
Cascade
Division
“ Greenhouse offers
com ­
them
hope for a tangible fu tu re .”
Last m onth the Greenhouse staff
completed
a
census o f
mated at 1.5 nullum, with Blacks num
lias done more to generate international
henng 671,194, ix 43 4 percent o f the
total.
At the same time that the independent
Black trade union m o v a n a il is growing
awareness o f the true nature o f apart
had than any ix b a single group in the
country
Die IC F T U leaders see tfie continued
so rapidly, it has become a major targa
for repression by the authorities last
progress o f the independent Black labor
seat more than 250 persons wete lulled
by secuntv police and thousands in­
sekpment in South Africa
“ A s the u iu o n s are daily becoming
more professional, dynamic, with a re­
markable matuknty and confidence in
jured, the report noted
iikisem ait as the only truly positive d r
Virtually the
entire leadership o f the South African
W orkers Unions is in ja il lacing trea­
son charges, together with the whole
leadership o f the United Democratic
Front.
Yet, despite setbacks, the inde­
pendent Black trade union movemeni
handling
negotiations
and
disputers,
tluough thar successes they are looked
upixi by the Black people o f South
Africa as the only hope for peaceful
change,” Varxlervekai said.
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Although the census did not spe­
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“ i t ’s fairly safe to assume" that the
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