The IUF-affiliated Union of Workers of Embotelladora Central SA (STECSA) has stepped up its protest actions in support of unions in Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia fighting for their independent and democratic union and bargaining rights.

The Coca-Cola Workers Alliance meeting in Geneva expressed deep concern to learn that a unilateral announcement by Coca-Cola FEMSA of mass redundancies is affecting 570 members of the Federation of Coca-Cola unions' (FCCU) sales workforce in the Philippines.

IUF members participating in a global meeting of unions representing Coca-Cola workers held in Geneva on February 20-21 pledged to continue their support for Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia workers, and pointed to a number of other potential issues at the company. The message to Coca-Cola is a simple one: respect human rights throughout your operations and remedy the rights violations!

Coca-Cola Beverage Workers Union Rahim Yar Khan city council held a protest action at the factory gate to extend their solidarity with the dismissed union leaders at Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia.

The Workers' Union of SOBEBRA (SYNTRA.SOB) that represents workers of the Coca-Cola bottler of the BGI group in Benin calls on the Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Amatil to respect rights, reinstate dismissed union leaders and negotiate in good faith with independent unions in Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia.

The IUF-affiliated Mondelez Alexandria Union members in Egypt call on the Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Amatil to reinstate the two dismissed union leaders with full back pay and guarantees that they can exercise their right to act as elected leaders of the two independent unions.