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SLAM will primarily target Harvard’s extensive business ties with the Coca-Cola Company, which has been accused of intimidating their workers into forgoing efforts to unionize both within the United States and internationally...
...South Side of Chicago, Patrick attended high school at the Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., on a scholarship, and he became the first in his family to attend college. After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Patrick went on to hold high-level corporate posts at Coca-Cola and Texaco after his Clinton administration stint...
...labor union SINALTRAINAL, among other trade unions, Coca-Cola’s bottlers in Colombia have used paramilitary groups in the country to kill at least eight union leaders since 1989. In India, different groups of activists in rural communities have accused Coke of depleting groundwater in drought regions and polluting soil and groundwater in these areas, as well as distributing heavy-metal laced bio-solids to farmers in the area. Also, they claimed that Coke did not install adequate systems to filter pesticides out of the groundwater used to manufacture Coca-Cola products.In response to these allegations, the University...
...university should not renew its contracts with Coca-Cola until the [Colombian] unions’ and the [Indian] farmers’ demands are satisfied,” he said. “Our demands are not for an investigation...
According to Bates, the unions demand restitution from Coca-Cola for the families of union leaders allegedly murdered as a result of engaging in labor activism. They have also called for a public commitment from Coca-Cola not to work with paramilitary forces in Colombia, while the Indian farmers want the company’s plant closed down and restitution for any long-term health effects...