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Only three and a half months after suspending its business relations with the Coca-Cola Company over allegations of human rights abuses, the University of Michigan did an about-face yesterday, announcing that it will reinstate Coke products across its campus effective immediately...
Following a vocal student campaign against Coke’s labor practices in Colombia and India, Michigan’s Dispute Review Board (DRB) suspended the use of Coke products on Dec. 29, writing that it would not extend any expired contracts. However, the DRB letter said Michigan would resume business with Coke if the company sufficiently met the university’s demands for an independent, third-party investigation into the allegations...
...never seek to end a business relationship if we can move it forward in a positive fashion,” said Michigan spokeswoman Julie A. Peterson. “We want to move the investigation forward rather than simply cut [Coke...
...Rogers, director of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, remains optimistic about the campaign to remove Coke from Michigan’s campus. Rogers said that the campaign will need to continue pressuring Michigan administrators and “point out that there’s either a great deal of ignorance there, or [Michigan administrators are] in bed with the Coca-Cola Company...
Just as a student campaign to urge Harvard to cut its contract with Coke is fizzing up, a magazine whose primary sponsor is the Coca-Cola Company was door-dropped across campus on Friday with a spread on campus campaigns against Coke, as well as a full page rebuttal from the company to allegations of human rights abuses.Writing in the Princeton University-based “Business Today”—which says it reaches 150,000 readers nationwide—Coke’s Director of Global Labor Relations and Workplace Accountability Edward E. Potter said that...