on
WASHINGTO • D.C.- -If
taxation ithout repre-
entation in America
rong in 1776, it is till
rong in 1990," said Rev.
J e Jackson calling upon
PresideDl Busb to meet ith
him on the i De of Slatebood
for W hiJa&1on, D.C.
The predominananUy
African American population
of the tion's capi1al DO
YOIi me ben in either the
U.S. Sena or the H of
KeI�1eD1a1i
founding
d ipaled
three-fim.
of a person - thougbt it
be cia ere to locate
c:a ·taI jn anytbin bul a
itbou political
ushe
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Jac n, since his move to
W biDgton from Cbicaao
dedicated himself to joiDiDg
!be tiabt for tatebood.
Mally esped him to hID for
a Sena seat from the D' ttiet
if .tateboocl is JeIIizecI.
JAC 0
D ED a B
on tbe questioa
said be "Aclu1antly op-
poted- to D.C. latebood.
"D.C. Slatebood is Y
'pt, ratio lIy souDCI, IepUy
ible and co titulionally
permit "said JacksoD in a
prepar statement. "The
President' posi tion h DO
moral foundation, and tbe
denial of democracy aDd If
determination in tbe eat of
the cradle of democracy is the
or
or
Tbe National Union of
Metalwor eIS of South Africa
(NUMSA) is suing Ford
Motor Company and t e
Anglo-American Corportion
for control of the S16.4 mil
lion pension fund created by
Ford workers in South Africa,
according to an article in the
June, 1990 'issue of Labor
. Note . .
In -1985, Ford merl i
o erations itb Ail lo-
r' n' r com
form the Soutb African tor
Corporation ,(S CO),
closed its Port Elizabeth as
sembly . plant tbrowing
thousand of Black or ers
out of ork, and moved
operations 10 Pretori .
. NUMSA negotiated
severance pay and repayment
of the workers' own peDiion
fund contributions, but the
orkers 10 t any rigbt to
Bu' h on
ultimate contradiction."
Jackson said be bad sent a
telegram to the President re
q�tiDg a meeting. ") hope be
ill . be kind enoulh' and
leDUe .enough to IraDt it:
Jpsonsaid.
-PRESIDENT GO·
CBEV talked witb t
Lith Did Jeadersbip. ) bope
Plaident B b ill do 00
ilb tile people of D.C.,- said
the former pJaidential cu
diclate.
Jacbon also b led B
on olber reee developmen,
ying, -President B h more
aDd more' co 'leDtly op
po ed to social j lice. In
1989 he 'd the fM Suprc
Court dec' io bic:b burt
C 0 3
For thi reason, South
Afric4n pen ion fund have
a�cu�ulated huge re erve
under comp ny control.
Rathe than benefiting the
or e , pension fund in
South Africa have become
capita funds for industry,
Labor tes reports.
In 1 87, NUMSA filed uit
to for Anglo-American to
repay 11 funds to tbe Ford
pensio fund and to force
JIiI"�"I ..... IioI�_ill!"�ioP>· Ford' t di . ut tbe total
pe i monie to the Port
Eliz be otters.
Aft r years of delay, the
la ui t i DO being heard in
the Po Eliz . tb Supreme
Court. '
NUMSA believes interna
tional pres ore will trengthen
it cbance of a j t settle
ment.
- amounting
$10.4 million -
ered to Anglo
ccorclin to the
rticle.
Then F d rewrote the
fund con ti utica 0 tbat it
could
pay
be
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