The World - News from May 1, 1986
In an unprecedented show of black union strength, hundreds of thousands of South African blacks plan to walk off their jobs today in recognition of May Day. Labor experts fear the strikes could bring more clashes in black townships, where about 1,500 people have died in 26 months of intermittent violence.
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