Remembering Myrtle Witbooi

Broadcast on March 9, 2023
Hosted by Chris Garlock

Myrtle Witbooi started as a young domestic worker in apartheid South Africa, became General Secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union and was the first president of the International Domestic Workers Federation. From the Labor History Today podcast, in honor of International Women’s Day, Myrtle Witbooi – who died earlier this year – in her own voice, honored by the late Richard Trumka, and remembered by the Solidarity Center’s Alexis De Simone.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.

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