A new union to step up the struggle
...of Workers of Alimentos y Bebidas Atlántida SA (SITRAABASA). We are confident that with the solidarity of the IUF and the Latin American Federation of Coca-Cola Workers (FELATRAC) you will...
2 weeks of nationwide warning strikes at Coca-Cola Germany to stop job cuts
Thousands of workers from Germany`s largest beverage company, Coca-Cola (CCE AG) organized by IUF affiliated NGG will be staging 2 weeks of warning strikes at about 60 sites of Coca-Cola...
Big moves in North American dairy sector.
...Twin Falls Idaho. Meanwhile Coca Cola partnered with US based Select Milk Producers to invest in a high protein milk shake brand.The move marks Coke’s first steps into the US...
PepsiCo signs $50m deal with Beyonce and orders plant closure for its workers
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have spent over $330 million on campaigns involving entertainment and sports figures in 2012. Pepsi’s move is in line with its new campaign, “Live for Now,” that...
Editorial: Austerity rewards corporate tax evasion
...be slashed in order to placate investors, some of Greece’s largest companies are fleeing the country for tax havens abroad, compounding the squeeze on public revenue. Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company...
Uruguay: The greatest challenge ahead is to engage young people in union activities
...at a time when many former co-workers started returning from exile or were released from imprisonment. Zelko was elected President of the Workers’ Union of the Coca-Cola Company (STCC) in...
What do the beverage companies do to fight back over obesity?
Beverage companies such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo hire lobbying groups to defend themselves against advertising campaigns linking their products to obesity. Same kinds of campaigns were targeted notably against cigarette...
PepsiCo to cut 8,700 jobs; 4Q net rises
...Coca-Cola Co. also announced its own cost-cutting program, although Coke said its plan would ultimately add jobs. PepsiCo has been losing ground to Coke, on the soda side at least,...
Honduran landowners’ war on peasant movement claims 45th victim
...as representatives of MUCA to participate in the third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Federation of Coca-Cola Workers (FELATRAC), organized by the IUF, to give their...
Training workshop for collective bargaining in Dominican Republic Frito Lay- Interview with Alexander Mosque
...Union of Workers BEPENSA – Coca Cola (SATRABECO), who generously offered their hospitality. It was directed to union leaders from Frito Lay* and above all developed techniques and tools for...
Coca-Cola workers protest against closure of their factory in Lodz, Poland
Despite heavy snow fall, about 100 protesters gathered in front of the Coca-Cola factory in Lodz January 13th to denounce management’s plans to close the factory in a sudden brutal...
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Unions in Africa to enhance collaboration against precarious work
...the Coca-Cola and PepsiCo regional Coordinator Simeon Dossou. The IUF Coca-Cola workers (www.iuf.org/ccww) and IUF PepsiCo union network (www.iuf.org/pepsico) websites were presented as pools for exchanging information and learning more...