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Benjamin Weintraub’s February 17th article (“SLAM Takes Aim at Coke Contract,” news) noted that Harvard’s Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) is planning to target Coca-Cola in an effort to secure for Coca-Cola workers the right to organize...
...director of global labor relations at Coca-Cola, I share the concerns of student activists regarding labor conditions around the world. Through my work on the United Nations International Labor Organization, I have seen firsthand the manifold difference it makes in the lives of individuals, families, communities and entire countries when employers live up to the responsibilities due their workers. In my experience, the campaigns that are the most successful are those grounded in irrefutable fact and driven by a commitment to justice. In the case of the campaign against The Coca-Cola Company, the facts tell quite a different...
...Coca-Cola Company is committed to promoting fair labor practices everywhere we do business. In Colombia and around the world, we respect workers’ rights to unionize and we do not tolerate intimidation of union members. We engage regularly with internationally respected organizations to review our labor standards and to work with us in assessing compliance with these standards in our operations worldwide...
Because we take concerns about Coca-Cola operations in Colombia seriously, we are currently facilitating the design and development of another credible, impartial, and independent third party assessment of Coca-Cola bottling operations in Colombia. The development of the assessment will involve international labor organizations, nongovernmental organizations and our most vocal critics...
...potential than risk." One of Nabi's favorites is Home Depot, whose profits have been soaring and should grow an additional 14% this year. Yet the company's shares sit 39% below their level of six years ago. Other depressed blue chips include Intel, Dell, J.P. Morgan, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Verizon, Citigroup...