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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCoke-Cola Killing Labor Leaders
Lawsuits were filed in the United States in 2001 and 2006 by the United Steelworkers of America and the International Labor Rights Fund on behalf of SINALTRAINAL, several of its members who were falsely imprisoned and the survivors of Isidro Gil and Adolfo de Jesus Munera, two of its murdered officers. The lawsuits charged Coca-Cola bottlers "contracted with or otherwise directed paramilitary security forces that utilized extreme violence and murdered, tortured, unlawfully detained or otherwise silenced trade union leaders." The lawsuits and campaign were developed to force Coca-Cola to once and for all end further bloodshed, compensate victims and provide safe working conditions.
Coca-Cola, which is virulently anti-union, claims that any allegations that its bottlers in Colombia are involved in the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, torture, and murder of union leaders are false. Yet the company has fought every effort to have an independent investigation into these allegations while at the same time has misled the public and its own shareholders with a long string of lies and bogus investigations.
On February 25, 2010, another human rights abuse lawsuit against Coca-Cola was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and later moved to federal district court. "This case involves a campaign of violence - including rape, murder, and attempted murder - against trade unionists and their families at the behest of the management of Coca-Cola bottling and processing plants in Guatemala."
http://killercoke.org/
Coca-Cola, which is virulently anti-union, claims that any allegations that its bottlers in Colombia are involved in the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, torture, and murder of union leaders are false. Yet the company has fought every effort to have an independent investigation into these allegations while at the same time has misled the public and its own shareholders with a long string of lies and bogus investigations.
On February 25, 2010, another human rights abuse lawsuit against Coca-Cola was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and later moved to federal district court. "This case involves a campaign of violence - including rape, murder, and attempted murder - against trade unionists and their families at the behest of the management of Coca-Cola bottling and processing plants in Guatemala."
http://killercoke.org/
I'll never drink Coke again
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Coke-Cola Killing Labor Leaders (Original Post)
FreakinDJ
Sep 2013
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Zorra
(27,670 posts)1. I wonder if SOA grads have any part in organizing the atrocities. nt
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)2. That part of the World - I imagine so
marble falls
(57,079 posts)3. Are there graduates of SOA involved?
Do paramilitaries shit in the woods?
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)6. Blackwater is always up for hire ...anywhere. n/t
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)4. A complete list of Coca Cola products
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands/all/#TCCC
Aquapure
Aquarius
Bacardi Mixers *
Bacardi Premium Mixers *
Barq's
Barrilitos
Beverly
Bright And Early
caffeine free Barq's
caffeine free Coca-Cola
caffeine free Coke light/Diet Coke
Cascal
cherry Coke
Chippewa
Citra
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Zero
Cumberland Gap
DANNON *
DASANI
Delaware Punch
diet Barq's
Diet cherry Coke
Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light
Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light with Lime
diet Fanta
diet Inca Kola
diet Mello Yello/Mello Yello Zero
Diet NESTEA *
diet Vanilla Coke
Dr Pepper
Evian *
Fanta
Five Alive
Flavor Rage
Fresca
Fruitopia
FUZE
Georgia
glacéau smartwater
glacéau vitaminwater
glacéau vitaminwater zero
Gold Peak
H2OK
Hi-C
Honest
Illy *
Inca Kola
Java Monster
Juan Valdez
Krest
Lift
Master Chill
Master Pour
McCafe *
Mello Yello
Mezzo Mix
Minute Maid
Minute Maid Enhanced
Minute Maid Juices To Go
Minute Maid Soft Drink
Monster *
NESTEA
NESTEA COOL *
Northern Neck
NOS
Odwalla
Peace
Pepe Rico
Pibb
POWERADE
POWERADE LIGHT
POWERADE PLAY
POWERADE ZERO
Red Flash
Simply Orange
Smart
Sokenbicha
Southern Sun
Sprite
Sprite Remix
Sprite Zero/diet Sprite/Sprite light
Sunfill
TaB
Vanilla Coke
VAULT
Vegitabeta
Worx Energy
Zico
Aquapure
Aquarius
Bacardi Mixers *
Bacardi Premium Mixers *
Barq's
Barrilitos
Beverly
Bright And Early
caffeine free Barq's
caffeine free Coca-Cola
caffeine free Coke light/Diet Coke
Cascal
cherry Coke
Chippewa
Citra
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Zero
Cumberland Gap
DANNON *
DASANI
Delaware Punch
diet Barq's
Diet cherry Coke
Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light
Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light with Lime
diet Fanta
diet Inca Kola
diet Mello Yello/Mello Yello Zero
Diet NESTEA *
diet Vanilla Coke
Dr Pepper
Evian *
Fanta
Five Alive
Flavor Rage
Fresca
Fruitopia
FUZE
Georgia
glacéau smartwater
glacéau vitaminwater
glacéau vitaminwater zero
Gold Peak
H2OK
Hi-C
Honest
Illy *
Inca Kola
Java Monster
Juan Valdez
Krest
Lift
Master Chill
Master Pour
McCafe *
Mello Yello
Mezzo Mix
Minute Maid
Minute Maid Enhanced
Minute Maid Juices To Go
Minute Maid Soft Drink
Monster *
NESTEA
NESTEA COOL *
Northern Neck
NOS
Odwalla
Peace
Pepe Rico
Pibb
POWERADE
POWERADE LIGHT
POWERADE PLAY
POWERADE ZERO
Red Flash
Simply Orange
Smart
Sokenbicha
Southern Sun
Sprite
Sprite Remix
Sprite Zero/diet Sprite/Sprite light
Sunfill
TaB
Vanilla Coke
VAULT
Vegitabeta
Worx Energy
Zico
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)5. I can't remember the last time I had a coke. This is the future of the USA...
if we continue to let corporations take over.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)7. Kick
X
MinM
(2,650 posts)8. IIRC Eric Holder made his bones protecting Chiquita...
in a similar case.
MinM
(2,650 posts)9. 11/21/1927: Picketing miners were massacred in Columbine CO.
?@rockrichard: 11/21/1927: Picketing miners were massacred in Columbine CO. #WhyLaborDay #1u