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Coca Cola and Anti-Union ViolenceCoca-Cola workers and union leaders in Colombia and Guatemala are under attack. In Colombia, labor leaders have been threatened, kidnapped, beaten, and even killed. In Guatemala, unionized Coke workers face intimidation tactics including illegal reductions of salary, wage suspensions, and neglect of machinery maintenance that creates an unsafe working environment. Campaign for Labor Rights supports these workers' struggles to pressure Coca-Cola to take all necessary steps to ensure that its bottlers and franchises around the world, and specifically in Colombia, reject any connection to paramilitaries, to reject all use of violence against trade unionists, and to support right of workers to organize.
Background More information and resources Coke Unions Fight for Rights in Guatemala and Colombia (Oct. 8, 2002) STECSA Workers Defend Their Rights at Coca Cola (Sept. 30, 2002) Violence Against Colombia Trade Unions Bulletin (May 2, 2002) Hundreds Rally in New York City for Justice at Coca-Cola (Apr. 17, 2002) Coca-Cola And The War On Unions In Colombia (April 1, 2002) Learn more at US Leap (opens new window) Visit CokeWatch.org (opens new window)
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