no coke

Monday July 21, 2003 16:10

by lish

:international boycott launch july 22nd.

There are plenty of coke kills style billboard ad possibilities, use your imagination.

Latin American Solidarity are organising coke boycott activities at the bottom of Grafton St. this Sat. from 12-3

Got this from indymedia.org
GLOBAL / BOYCOTT COKE
Unions Disagree on Coke Boycott

Jul 19th 2003

On July 22, the Colombian union Sinal Trainal will officially launch a worldwide boycott campaign against Coca-Cola. In the last few years, paramilitaries have killed ten men and kidnapped and tortured dozens of union activists. 90 percent of all union leaders reported killed worldwide die in Colombia. Last year, the union, which organizes workers employed by Coke Colombia as well as by Nestlè Corporation, along with supporters in the US filed a case in US federal court accusing Coke of crimes against humanity for their involvement in the repression of workers by paramilitaries. On March 31, 2003, the judge determined that the court case against Coke can proceed. The union has called for a worldwide boycott campaign parallel to the legal action, with rallies in Rome, London and Melbourne to launch the campaign.
The boycott campaign has been condemned by International Food Union officials alledging sweeping, unsubstantiated allegations and assertions in the boycott appeal claims, although the Victorian Trades Hall has endorsed a day of protest citing the support of both the peak union body (CUT) in Colombia and a key union, Sinaltrainal, for the protest day.