COSATU DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM AFL-CIO
After a dispute with the African American Labor
Center -- which is run by the AFL-CIO but funded mainly
by the U.S. government -- the South African labor
federation COSATU refused to send a representative to
October's AFL-CIO convention. COSATU was angered at
what it regarded as AALC's attempt to dictate its
policy. After COSATU adopted a resolution opposing the
U.S. economic boycott of Cuba, an AALC representative
told COSATU that the resolution was not acceptable and
demanded that it be rescinded. In response, COSATU
decided to suspend all relations with the AFL-CIO until
the American federation acknowledges the South African
federation's right to run its own affairs.
-- Labor Notes
