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...other successes for the divestiture movement it appears that local organization did much of the work and were helped by national groups only indirectly. In Massachusetts a group called MassDIVEST a coalition of local groups. Spearheaded a recent successful lobbying effort to secure legislation in the Massachusetts House. The House voted to completely divest all state pension funds from companies operating in South Africa Officials of the organization dismiss the importance of national groups in the success, say one it was primarily a local effort...
...other successes for the divestiture movement, it appears that local organizations did much of the work, and were helped by national groups only indirectly. In Massachusetts, a group called MassDIVEST, a coalition of local groups, spearheaded a recent successful lobbying effort to secure legislation in the Massachusetts House. The House voted to completely divest all state pension funds from companies operating in South Africa. Officials of the organization dismiss the importance of national groups in the success, saying it was primarily a local effort...
Originally introduced in 1979 by Rep Mel King (I-Boston) and State Sen. Jack Backman (1)-Brookline Newton) the bill has been promoted by the Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa (MassDivest) a coalition of over 100 labor, civic and religious organization. Two Harvard student groups, the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee and the Hillel Social Action Committee are among the group's members...
...Famis of MassDivest yesterday called the bill "the strongest piece of divestment legislation in the country." Connecticut is the only other state with a similar law requiring divestment of pension funds, but the Connecticut law does not apply to firms that adhere to the Sullivan principles, a set of guidelines for non-discriminatory labor practices...
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