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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...
...make their case. The magazine includes a poll of 100 New York University students in which 47 percent express opposition to their university’s December decision to remove Coke from campus, while just 33 percent support the decision.Kratsios said he contacted and offered a University of Michigan professor, as well as Killer Coke Campaign leader Ray Rogers, the same opportunity the magazine offered Coke’s Potter. But Kratsios said that the magazine chose not to print those responses. “What came back to us was an article which the information presented in it could...
This mission sounds like a reasonable cause. I grew up visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan, the quintessential college town, and its historically quirky character is a large reason for this designation. Certainly, an amount of historical preservation and protection is important to maintain a city’s identity in an ever-homogenous world...