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CALL COCA-COLA NOW! DEMAND THE END OF UNION BUSTING, INTIMIDATION AND MURDER!

Call, E-mail, and Fax Coke’s Chief Executive Officer Neville Isdell at (404) 676-2121 today!

Recently the Social Protection Ministry of Colombia granted Coca-Cola's bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA permission to dismiss 63 workers from Coke's bottling plants, half of whom are members of SINALTRAINAL, the Colombian food and beverage union. In order to carry out the firings, Coca-Cola FEMSA will request that union protection be removed from the 31 union leaders. This means that in less than two months the union could be completely eliminated from Coke's plants and these workers could be forced out of their jobs without security protection! The union is concerned that as soon as their members are no longer employed by Coke, there will be another string of murders by paramilitaries who are reluctant to kill union leaders as long as they continue to be employed by Coke because ”their deaths would create problems for the company.”

SINALTRAINAL is asking that people in the United States and abroad put as much pressure as possible on Coke right now! The World Social Forum declared today to be the International Day of Action Against Coca-Cola, marking the one-year anniversary of the launching of the International Campaign Against Coca-Cola. Please take action today, in solidarity with actions around the world, to demand that Coke stop its violent union busting, and protect its workers’ right to the freedom of association. 

On behalf of the workers and their families, please send a strong message to The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola FEMSA in Colombia on today's international day of action. Please call, e-mail, and fax Coke’s Chief Executive Officer Neville Isdell at (404) 676-2121 today!

Sample phone script:

"Hello, my name is ______________ and I am a student at _________. As a member of United Students Against Sweatshops, I demand that you do not allow Coca-Cola FEMSA to dismiss the 63 SINALTRAINAL workers at your Colombian bottling plants and stop the continued union busting campaign. Additionally, Coke must respect the right to organize of everyone involved in producing it's product and assure a stop to the campaign of murder and intimidation against its Colombian bottlers. I am appalled that this situation has persisted and that Coke has not made strong steps to ensure the safety and freedom of it's employees. I expect Coca-Cola to ensure that the union workers are not dismissed, that all bottlers and Coke employees are guaranteed the right to organize, and that the horrific killing and intimidation stop."

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