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janamills
about 1 year ago about The Coca-Cola Company
Coca Cola has been documented to be involved in anti-union activities, particularly but not exclusively in Columbia. These range as far as kidnapping, torture and murder.
Since 1990 eight employees of Coca Cola bottling plants have been killed by paramilitaries.
There is far more information in the war on want report: http://www.waronwant.org/downloads/co…
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submitted by janamills about 1 year ago
I am a bit surprised as to how low the impact of this story seems to be getting. Just wondering why, if you believe that it’s true how can it be unimportant?
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