Teamsters strike Coca-Cola plants

[Mojorabbit]

Washington, DC, May. 23 (UPI) -- Unionized workers at Coca-Cola bottling and distribution plants in Hartford, Conn., and the Los Angeles area went on strike Monday.

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"Instead of investing in the people who work hard every day to produce, package and distribute Coke products, both Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Enterprises have dug deep into corporate funds to reward poor-performing executives on their way out the door," said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference.

Last year Summerfield Johnston, a former Coca-Cola chief executive and board chairman, received healthcare coverage for life for himself and his children and a consulting contract worth $600,000 a year, Cipriani said.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050523-100423-8890r.htm

[lakeguy]

1. f'in bs...no one is worth that much! not while the rest of us are

losing health care, wages and pensions!!!

[rodeodance]

2. oh no--coca cola is my all time favorite drink--eeks--switch to

tea is in the works

[IChing]

3. boycott coca cola anyway support unions see below

http://killercoke.org/

Killer Coke's Casualties
Listed below are union leaders at Coca-Cola's Colombian bottling plants who have been murdered. Hundreds of other Coke workers have been tortured, kidnapped and/or illegally detained by violent paramilitaries, often working closely with plant managements.


Date Name Coca-Cola Plant

1989 Avelino Chicanoy Pasto
4/8/94 Jose Elaseasar MancoDavid Carepa
4/20/94 Luis Enrique Giraldo Arango Carepa
4/23/95 Luis Enrique Gomez Garado Carepa
12/5/96 Isidro Segundo Gil Carepa
12/26/96 Jose Librado Herrera Osorio Carepa
6/21/2001 Oscar Dario Soto Polo Monteria
8/31/2002 Adolfo de Jesus Munera Lopez Baranquilla

[ConfuZed]

4. Coca-Cola Workers Strike In L.A., Conn

http://kcal9.com/localnews/localnewsla_story_143111910.html

May 23, 2005 6:53 am US/Pacific
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Teamsters union went on strike early Monday against Coca-Cola operations in Los Angeles and Connecticut over health care benefits.

The Los Angeles walkout included 1,750 union workers, said Teamsters spokesman David White. About 400 workers were picketing at a bottling and distribution center in East Hartford, he said.

The employees included drivers, mechanics and warehouse workers.

Teamsters officials said the walkouts were prompted by a breakdown in contract talks over health care benefits...

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5. kick