Venezuela frees Pepsi workers it arrested for not making enough Pepsi

[Bacchus4.0]

Source: Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/21/venezuela-frees-pepsi-workers-it-arrested-for-not-making-enough-pepsi


Employees at a Pepsi-Cola Venezuela plant have been freed after being detained by the government for halting operations, Empresas Polar, the owner of the local Pepsi division, said late on Sunday.

The company blamed the production pause on a lack of raw materials but the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has routinely accused Polar, the country’s largest food and beverage producer, of slowing production or hoarding goods to spur product shortages in the Opec nation’s struggling economy.

“Pepsi-Cola Venezuela managed to obtain full freedom for its Caucagua plant workers, who were arbitrarily detained on Friday,” tweeted Polar, which has denied Maduro’s claims.

Polar said labor ministry inspectors arrested several workers on Friday and ordered the reactivation of its plant in the town of Caucagua in the central state of Miranda.


Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/21/venezuela-frees-pepsi-workers-it-arrested-for-not-making-enough-pepsi

[Recursion]

1. They're hoarding Pepsi, no doubt (nt)

[Igel]

2. Behind a huge dam.

It might break and rival the pool of pollution from the Doce River in Brazil after the mine dam break there.

[valerief]

3. Yes, the world needs more sugared water that benefits the fossil fuel industry via shipping costs.

[christx30]

4. I think the objection was more of

the workers at a legal place were arrested on BS, totally unsubstantiated charges.

[valerief]

5. Right, I got that. I was just adding my two cents about Pepsi. nt

[christx30]

7. Want to know why things in Venezuela are so

messed up, and no one wants to do business with them? This is exactly why, right here. No one wants the headache of dealing with crap like that.

[Marksman_91]

10. That's not the topic at hand, though, why try to change it? n/t

[valerief]

11. I know that's not the topic at hand, as I responded to the other poster.

Why are you so concerned about my post?

[trillion]

14. I think you're missing the point. Did you read the governments reasons? I agree with them.

We had the same problem in the US when Kentucky Fried Chicken drowned all those chickens in the 70's to bring up the price of chicken. Apparently they're seeing production stalling simply to bring up the price in the corporations.

[christx30]

15. I saw the government's reasons.

They were BS. Most likely it was as Pepsi said, they couldn't get the raw materials because of stupid government policies. But what do I know? Well, except for the fact that the people of Venezuela just voted a bunch of the idiots that pulled this crap out of office.

[snooper2]

6. This is such bullshit everyone knows the CIA uses Pepsi-Co as a cover group

put those bastards back in prison!

[Kaleva]

8. A false flag operation conducted by Coca-Cola?

[Throd]

9. "All I wanted was a Pepsi...

...and she wouldn't give it to me".

They stuck me in the institution, said it was the only solution.

[newthinking]

12. Ugh, Another narratized headline. They were not "workers", was a manager, lawyer, HR officials

Something did not sound quite right and the Guardian is not exactly good about accuracy these days.

"arrest of the manager, two human resources workers and a lawyer at the plant."

Not defending the Venezuelan government. But it is hard to know what else in these stories has been manipulated to send out a narrative. Be careful, the media is extremely, yet subtly manipulated these days.

[trillion]

13. So the title is completely mis-leading. The gov has a seriously good gripe about corporations there.