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Article

23 Jan 2006

Author:
Geri Smith, BusinessWeek

Inside Coke's Labor Struggles [Colombia]

To shed more light on the conflicting claims in the Colombia Coca-Cola controversy, BusinessWeek sent...Latin America Correspondent Geri Smith to Colombia for a week in late October. She interviewed more than a dozen people, including labor unionists, academics, diplomats, economists, current and former Coke workers, and the country's vice-president in an effort to get to the bottom of the dispute. [also refers to Chiquita in relation to agreement it signed with International Union of Foodworkers]

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BusinessWeek in-depth articles on Coca-Cola's labour rights record in Colombia

Coca-Cola lawsuit (re Colombia)