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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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.
tReprutfei) fm m AFL-CIO News)
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Although the census did not spe
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