Trade Union Group, A.N.C. Ally, Holds Strikes in South Africa

by E Wayne Ross on March 11, 2012

New York Times: Trade Union Group, A.N.C. Ally, Holds Strikes in South Africa

Tens of thousands of South Africans marched in the streets of the nation’s major cities on Wednesday in a national strike called by Cosatu, the powerful group of trade unions, a crucial ally of the governing African National Congress that is growing increasingly critical of its policies.