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...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...
...Beyond Colombia, our Global Labor Relations team at The Coca-Cola Company has been working to develop a Workplace Rights Policy—the first of its kind for our entire industry. The policy will contain our commitment to foster an open and inclusive environment based on recognized workplace human rights. We have received comments on the draft policy by external human rights organizations such as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Human Rights Watch, International Labor Rights Fund, and Oxfam. We have also met with numerous other organizations including the International Union of Food Workers (IUF), the United Food...
According to a Feb. 15 statement, Swarthmore will remove Coca-Cola beverages from some of its dining facilities in response to allegations that the company has violated the human rights of its workers in Colombia...
Swarthmore’s decision represents a major victory for Kick Coke, an on-campus chapter of a national movement that accuses Coca-Cola of tacitly supporting paramilitary violence against union activists in Colombia...