Friday, March 7, 2008

OPSEU in South Africa and Malawi

OPSEU President, Brother Smokey Thomas and his Assistant, Brother Ron Lavigne are presently on a solidarity tour of Southern Africa where they will visit projects in South Africa and Malawi. They are there at the invitation of project leaders (including veteran South African trade union leader and freedom fighter, Archie Sibeko) and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Upon his arrival in Cape Town, Brother Thomas commented, "It is an honour and a privilege to represent my union in this amazing country still struggling to free itself of the vestiges of apartheid. OPSEU has a proud history of anti-apartheid work and I want to make sure that our union steps up our solidarity once again...I will be sending regular updates on what we are doing here, so keep checking our web-site for these updates."

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