Argentina
Argentina: As management refuses negotiations on reinstatement at Polar, a national strike looms in the beverage industry
15-09-2010For more than a week after the surprise announcement of 145 layoffs at Coca-Cola bottler Polar SA in its plant of Neuquen, in southern Argentina, the entire enterprise system is paralyzed.
Argentina: Coca-Cola bottler Polar abruptly fires 145 employees. FATAGA fights back
13-09-2010September 6, Polar SA, the Coca-Cola bottlers and distributor in parts of Argentina, has abruptly fired 145 workers.
FATAGA, the IUF affiliate organising Coca-Cola workers in Argentina, has started to mobilise workers against this outrageous move of the company, and threatened to stop Coca-Cola's business not only in the affected plant in Neuquen, but all of Argentina.
