Anti-apartheic day declared

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CLEVELAND-Support for an Oct. 11 Cleveland rally calling for an end to all U.S. ties to apartheid continues to grow.

At its first meeting of the fall on Sept. !l, the Cleveland Federation of Labor endorsed the rally. Many prominent local trade-union officials, civil rights organizations, politicians, religious leaders, and community groups have also endorsed.

The Cuyahoga County Commissioners passed a resolution declaring Oct. 11 anti-apartheid day in Cuyahoga County. A similar resolution is expected from the Cleveland City Council.

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 880 will host the Friday evening rally.

Featured speakers include Willie Baker, UFCW International Vice President and director of its civil rights department; Nomonde Ngubo, an interBOYCOTT Chicago Cribune

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Tribune strikers march in Labor Day parade in Chicago. ria-where they were restrained against their will.

After the incident made a splash in the Chicago Sun-Times, Charles Brumback, president of the Tribune, stifled additional public outcry by issuing a brief apology. Brumback stated cryptically that he had cautioned the guards "to use more restraint in any future such incident."

Within days of the strike, the Tribune managed to resume publication of a regular-sized paper with full color. By mid-August, the paper reportedly had replaced most of the striking workforce, which earned $14 an hour plus benefits, with scabs paid about $8 with no benefits.

The paper is now dragging its feet by insisting on the time-consuming process of negotiating with each union separately.

Teamster leaders deny support Difficulties flowing from the strikers' inability to put a dent in the papers' production have been further compounded by the failure of the Teamsters' leadership, which represents the Tribune's truck drivers, to take any action to support the strike.

The problem became clear when Teamster Presi-