Pakistan Coca-Cola Beverages Workers Union show solidarity with Zero Rights campaign
08-02-2019
On February 5 2019, Coca-Cola Beverages Workers Union (CCBWU) in Pakistan held its second General Council Meeting. Delegates to the meeting expressed their continued outrage at the ongoing human rights abuses within the Coca-Cola system in Indonesia, Ireland, Haiti, the Philippines and the USA. The union unanimously adopted a resolution extending their solidarity and support to Coca-Cola workers in these countries.
Successful negotiations bring wage increase for sales workers at Coca-Cola Israel
08-02-2019
Coca-Cola sales workers in Israel represented by the IUF-affiliated Histadrut signed their newest collective bargaining agreement(CBA) on December 25, 2018. The agreement that applies to 600 workers will be valid for the next 3 years.
Workers at Coca-Cola Indonesia again confirm their confidence in victimized union leaders
07-02-2019
Workers at Coca-Cola Indonesia fighting for independent and democratic unions have again confirmed their confidence in union leaders victimized by management. At a general membership meeting on February 5, Lutfi Arifiyanto was re-elected chairman of the independent SBMCC, the union of workers at Coca-Cola Indonesia in Bawen, Java.
Three days after the union elected him chairman at its founding assembly in February 2017, Lutfi was informed of his transfer to a distribution facility some 170 kilometers from the Bawen plant. He refused the transfer because it violated his members' fundamental right to freely elect their union leadership. As a result of his refusal to have these internationally recognized rights stripped away he was formally terminated on November 21, 2017.
Sweden - LIVS highlights IUF's Zero Rights campaign in its widely circulated news magazine
28-01-2019
IUF-affiliated LIVS in Sweden has circulated information about Coca-Cola's human rights violations in several countries and promoted the IUF's Zero Rights campaign via its online and printed news magazine.
Unions, student groups in Ireland pledge support to the IUF's Coca-Cola Zero Rights campaign
18-01-2019
Following on the visit to the UK by an international IUF Coca-Cola 'Zero Rights' delegation, campaign meetings were held in Ireland with the IUF-affiliated SIPTU, with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and with organizations representing high school and older students.
Belgium: IUF affiliated LBC-NVK promotes IUF's Zero Rights campaign - Calls on its member to engage in concrete support
17-01-2019The LBC-NVK in Belgium has widely circulated information about Coca-Cola's human rights violations in several countries and called on its members to support the ongoing struggles for basic rights in Haiti, Indonesia, Ireland, the Philippines and the US.
International delegation to the UK builds broad support for Coca-Cola Zero Rights campaign
17-01-2019
An international IUF delegation highlighted the ongoing human rights attacks by Coca-Cola in Haiti, the Philippines, Indonesia, Ireland and the USA with activities in the UK and in Ireland in December.
