Avons, aller a ten months rent boycott. even students have been drawn TO me Dale. nesburg's Witwatersrand ly attacked students the COSATU raids.
The railway workers' strike is escalating every day. New layers of trade alre extending solidarity achoTelecom The Postal munication Union (POTWA) has been on strike in the Johannesburg area for four weeks and are contiject, based on hundreds of small donations from rank and file railworkers, has now been completed the campaign is now using every opportunity can find to step up the drive for funds for SARHWU.
The response has been magnificent to date. The national CND demonstration on 25 April was a major focus for both RAA and the Anti-Apartheid MoveRAÀ raised a full £2,400 for SARHWU and railway workers joined the of South African DICKC Airlines called by the RAA also COllaborated with the London AAM in getting out fact sheets and collection sheets to all affiliated groups.
This kind of rapid response has been : duplicated in many areas of:
number point.
The called by marks growing SUCHEC workers under the crucial of COSATU the relawithin United SARHWU's history itself is a good indication the country. Trades coun cils, Labour Parties, Black community organisations, student : unions and youth groups have all been approached to give generous!
o the fund for SARHWI and to join in solidarity acIn Nottingham, uvIly. instance, activists in the Tailor and Garment Workers Union will be doing factory collections in the next two weeks. In East London, RAA will be approaching the shop steward.
arrange collections. caster AAM has circulated all its affiliates with an emergency appeal, and ac tivists in Shef ield have en sured the Trades Council is aware the urgent situation.
South Africa House is SARHWU was founded over 50 years ago. Since that time it has been forced underground. It has even disappeared due to the repression. However aay Il las been able to organise the largest public sector dispute ever seen ır South Africa. This testimony to the growing contidence and fighting spirit black workers gaining. hev are tolowing the lead of their union to resist the inhumane conditions they have suffered Tor SO long, and are Join ing in the broad movement against apartheid rule.
the venue of the next action called by railway workers. This was originally proposed by the South London workplace branch of the Labour Party to protest at the arrest of the secretary of SARHWU. RAA has given full support to this action, and Jimmv a naoo has agreed to ad dress the rally and hand in petitions which have been circulating amongst railway workers in recent weeks he sitera. secrelaries or the other rail unions have also been invited to attend • Speakers and more information RAA, Unity House tuston Rood London NWI. Donations payable Apartheid '(SARHWU Fund). to30 March, 1987: Pole use tear ga: (leather whips) and dogs to attack destroys railway lines near Dube, Sowero.
border.
Soweto to Johannesburg and Randburg.
down by SATS.
demonstrations. At three more workers are shot.
ment of two of their own members.
workers face tear gas and armed police their rally in protest COSATU
Socialist Action 8 May 1987