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Chairs Johnnie Jackson 8-8-1989 President, Chicago Chapter Coalition of Labor Union Women COMPREHENSIVE SANCTIONS NOW! Jack Parton Director, District 31 Comprehensive Sanctions will cut the flow of resources that enables United Steelworkers of America Bill Stewart the apartheid regime to wage a reign of terror in South Africa and Director, Region 4 neighboring states. Sanctions will sever corporate ties that make United Auto Workers apartheid profitable. Sanctions will strengthen the democratic Co-Chairs forces in South Africa. Michael Calendo Directing Business Representative The current Comprehensive Sanctions bills, sponsored by Sen. Paul District 8, Machinists StephenM.Culen,ExecutiveDirectorSimon and Rep. Ronald v. Dellums, will mandate: Rosetta Daylie, Associate Director Council 31, American Federation of -a ban on almost all trade with South Africa State, County & Municipal Employees Elcosie Gresham -all U.S. corporations to withdraw from South Africa President, Local 241 Amalgamated Transit Union -U.S. corporations to negotiate the terms of disinvestment Phillip lmmesote with their South African workforce Director, Region 11 United Food & Commercial Workers -penalties on non-U.S. corporations (e.g., Royal Dutch/ Tony Kujawa Shell) that supply oil to South Africa International Exec. Board, District 12 United Mine Workers of America To win Senate passage, we must: Arthur loevy Manager, Chicago & Central States Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing (1) get Sen. Dixon off the 11 undecided 11 list and to and Textile Workers Union co-sponsor and vote for Comprehensive Sanctions Eugene Moats President, Joint Council 1 Service Employees International Union (2) give Sen. Simon (who chairs the Senate Foreign Relati1Jns Louis Montenegro Subcommittee on Africa) as much 11 ammunition 11 as possible to Director, Midwest Region get the Senate to call up and vote for S. B. 507 with no Int. Ladies Garment Workers Union Robert Nelson weakening amendments National Vice-President, American Federation of Government Employees You can help. Write letters to Senators and Alan J. Robert T. Simpson, Jr. Dixon in support of Comprehensive Sanctions against South Africa President, Local 743 • lnternationalBrotherhoodofTea msters (S.B.507). Send your letters to 230 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60604. Jacqueline Vaughn President, Chicago Teachers Union Get your union/organization to pass a resolution . Send a delegation Coordinators to Sen. Dixon 1s office. Raise the sanctions issue at all public Kathy Devine opportunities, in your organization's newspaper, on radio call-in Coalition of Labor Union Women shows, etc. (312) 583-6661 Harold Rogers Coalition of Black Trad e Unionists (312) 684-7309 For further information, call Kathy Devine ( 583-6661) or Harold Rogers (783-6800). THE 1988 SANCTIONS VOTE - Last August the U.S. House passed the Dellums Comprehensive Sanctions bill by a vote of 244 to 132 with the strong support of anti-apartheid, labor and religious organizations. The Senate companion bill died in committee.

The 1988 bills would have strengthened the limited sanctions bill that was passed over the President's veto in 1986.

Here is how the Illinois delegation voted in 1988:

Voting YES were: (*co-sponsors)

-7E-Rep. Charles A. Hayes (D/01)

~Rep. (D/02) Rep. Martin Russo (D/03) ..f-Rep. (D/07) Rep. (D/08) f Rep. Sidney R. Yates (D/09) Rep. (D/11) -1(-Rep. Lane H. Evans (D/17) Rep. Terry Bruce (D/19) -*Rep. Richard J. Durbin (D/20) 1-"Rep. Kenneth Gray (D/22) - now retired

ABSTAINED: Rep. William 0. Lipinski (D/05)

Voting NO were:

Rep. Jack Davis (R/04) - defeated in reelection Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R/06) Rep. John E. Porter (R/10) Rep. Philip M. Crane (R/12) Rep. Harris Fawell (R/13) Rep. J. (R/14) Rep. Edward R. Madigan (R/15) Rep. Lynn Martin (R/16) Rep. Robert H. Michel (R/18)

Senator Paul Simon was a co-sponsor of the Senate sanctions bill and Senator Alan Dixon was "undecided."

Since the 1988 vote, 3 new Congressmen from Illinois were elected: Rep. George Sangmeister (D/04) Rep. Jerry Costello (D/21) Rep. Gerald Poshard (D/22)