South Africa: A victory for workers' solidarity with Zimbabwean
people <http://www.links.org.au/node/364>
By *Patrick Craven*, COSATU
April 22, 2008 -- The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
welcomes the statement by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman that
the China Ocean ****pping Company which owns the /An Yue Jiang/, has
decided to recall the ****p because Zimbabwe cannot take delivery of the
77 tonnes of weapons and ammunition onboard.
If true, this is an historic victory for the international trade union
movement and civil society, and in particular for the South African
Trans****t and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), whose members refused to
unload or trans****t its deadly cargo.
Full: http://www.links.org.au/node/364
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
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