Coca-Cola representatives told a fact-finding delegation that its employees may have collaborated with paramilitaries in the deaths and torture of Colombian union members. Despite the possible collaboration, Coca-Cola officials in Colombia have not undertaken any internal or external investigation into the assaults against its employees. The company’s Colombian representatives insist any contact with paramilitaries, widely blamed for killing seven Coke… return to article
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Reader Comments (16)Page 1 of 1 pagesthe thing everyone needs to realize about coke is that they have been doing this for many years all over the world...in guatemala the coke union is the strongest union in the country, and coke is constantly at the minimum harrassing union members with threats of physical violence...and their are many unsolved cases where coke has been accused of hiring hit men to either beat or kill union leaders…
this is a country who, in nicaragua, always sells two bottles of coke for the price of one bottle of milk, and where towns are owned by either coke or pepsi...all you have to do is go to these countries and you see that entire towns are either red or blue...there are stories of coke dropping pamplets out of airplanes warning drug dealers that they have 24 hours to leave the area or face death...and it is well known what coke has done in india, using unsafe water in its product...and the corporate headquarters always say the same...that they cannot control what these independent bottlers do…
DONT DRINK COKE
Posted by colbyfm on Feb 25, 2004 at 12:15 PM Dear colbyfm. We are an solidarity group who are involve on promoting the boycott on behalf of SINALTRAINAL in the UK. We have developed contacts with INDIA. We are looking for contacts in Guatemala ans Mexico. Can you help with that please?
Posted by boycottcoke on Mar 2, 2004 at 9:59 AM Hey, Coca Cola scheint das erste Mal zuzugeben, dass fuer Sie Gewerkschafter umgebracht worden sind. Ich hatte euch ja schon oefter Mal zu der Situation was gepostet.
Posted by Jan on Mar 2, 2004 at 10:09 AM As a member of the NYC LAbor delegation that went to Colombia with Council member Monserrate it is gratifying to see that the story of Coca-Cola’s subsidiaries heinous and illegal actionsw are finally seeing the light of day. We hope that with increased awareness regarding the repression of unions in Colombia by Coke will become a priority for people of conscience in the industrilized nations. We also hope that other transnational corporations guilty of the same crimes will take notice that the eyes of the world are upon them.
Posted by Jose Schiffino on Mar 4, 2004 at 12:43 PM As a member of the NYC LAbor delegation that went to Colombia with Council member Monserrate it is gratifying to see that the story of Coca-Cola’s subsidiaries heinous and illegal actionsw are finally seeing the light of day. We hope that with increased awareness regarding the repression of unions in Colombia by Coke will become a priority for people of conscience in the industrilized nations. We also hope that other transnational corporations guilty of the same crimes will take notice that the eyes of the world are upon them.
Posted by Jose Schiffino on Mar 4, 2004 at 12:44 PM As a member of the NYC LAbor delegation that went to Colombia with Council member Monserrate it is gratifying to see that the story of Coca-Cola’s subsidiaries heinous and illegal actionsw are finally seeing the light of day. We hope that with increased awareness regarding the repression of unions in Colombia by Coke will become a priority for people of conscience in the industrilized nations. We also hope that other transnational corporations guilty of the same crimes will take notice that the eyes of the world are upon them.
Posted by Jose Schiffino on Mar 4, 2004 at 12:44 PM hey boycottcoke...i tried to send you guys an email and it says either your box is full of the address i am using isnt correct...part of the problem is the space between columbia and sc...i dont know if it is a dash that goes there, but it hasnt worked
later
colbyfm
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:26 PM hey boycottcoke...i tried to send you guys an email and it says either your box is full of the address i am using isnt correct...part of the problem is the space between columbia and sc...i dont know if it is a dash that goes there, but it hasnt worked
later
colbyfm
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:26 PM hey boycottcoke...i tried to send you guys an email and it says either your box is full of the address i am using isnt correct...part of the problem is the space between columbia and sc...i dont know if it is a dash that goes there, but it hasnt worked
later
colbyfm
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:26 PM hey boycottcoke...i tried to send you guys an email and it says either your box is full of the address i am using isnt correct...part of the problem is the space between columbia and sc...i dont know if it is a dash that goes there, but it hasnt worked
later
colbyfm
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:27 PM hey boycottcoke...i tried to send you guys an email and it says either your box is full of the address i am using isnt correct...part of the problem is the space between columbia and sc...i dont know if it is a dash that goes there, but it hasnt worked
later
colbyfm
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:27 PM hey boycottcoke...i tried to send you guys an email and it says either your box is full of the address i am using isnt correct...part of the problem is the space between columbia and sc...i dont know if it is a dash that goes there, but it hasnt worked
later
colbyfm
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:28 PM boycottcoke...i have tried to send you guys an email with only problems to show for it...i dont know if you have a full box or if the address i have is incorrect because i cant read what is between columbia and sc in the address...i tried to paste the address but that didnt work either
colby
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:29 PM the page says you cant send comments but they are being posted
Posted by colbyfm on Mar 6, 2004 at 12:36 PM hi friends,
Thanxs for bringing the latest in the struggle against Killer coke in Columbia. In India Coke is under fire for exacting groundwater incessantly and for keeping the local aquifers dry. this is what the coke did- they selected a place in Kerala, southern india, which is very fertile and where poor tribes depended soully on agriculture. with in two years of operation, coke exploited the whole groundwater and leaving the people a run for water. the local aquifers are dry and the paddy and other crops have failed. people at last rose up against the global giant and the struggle is continuing for the last one year.
so the Killer coke’s incarnation in India has a new technique of mass murder- thats exploitation of natural resources and shipping out softdrinks filled with pesticides.
Posted by rain on Mar 7, 2004 at 6:01 AM Dear colbyfm,
Try this e-mails please:
Yes sometimes is full but try PLEASE. It is not a dash (-). It is underscore (_)
Thnks and please try again
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