1. Campaign Victories
2. Protest Coke at G8 Summit
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke will be joining in the protests of the G8 summit. If you live in the area or are planning to attend the protests, join us in raising the issue of how Georgia-based Coca-Cola benefits from the pro-business policies advocated by the G8.
On Sat. June 5th in Atlanta, GA there will be a Globalization Teach-In which will include a protest at the World of Coca-Cola Pavilion and a workshop about Coca-Cola. For more info,see this link
Throughout the week of events planned at the G8 summit, we will be raising the issue of Coca-Cola's corporate malfeasance. Please let us know if you can help. Atlanta IndyMedia has a site of different events that will be taking place. Click on link.
3. New Photos
There are new photos in our "Protest Pics" section of the April 17 Campaign rally and spaghetti dinner at Detroit's UAW Local 22. The rally occurred on the final day of the Detroit-area tour at which SINALTRAINAL leader Luis Adolfo Cardona spoke.
4. List of Activists
Last week, we published an updated list of colleges and universities that have active Campaigns to Stop Killer Coke in our "Campus Activism" section. We asked supporters to contact us if any schools were left off the list. We did receive a few corrections and a statement that the Brooklyn [NY] Greens were supporting the Campaign.
If there are any further corrections, please e-mail them to info@KillerCoke.org.
5. Fortune
In the June 7 issue of Fortune, an unflattering front-cover story about Coke was published entitled: "Coke The Real Story: How One of the World's Great Companies Lost Its Way," by Betsy Morris. The story pointed out, "Coke's decision not to investigate possible union-related murders at its bottlers in Colombia has become a public relations nightmare."
The article also highlights a key reason that General Counsel and Secretary Deval Patrick resigned from the company. Coke's CEO Doug Daft "abruptly reversed a four-month old decision to let General Counsel Patrick investigate Coke's problems in Colombia. Patrick had announced at an awards dinner last fall in Washington that he would look into the labor violence at Coke's Colombian bottlers, and with a green light from Daft had begun the process." (At the Equal Justice Works conference in October, a dozen protesters distributed hundreds of Campaign brochures and leaflets protesting the organization's honoring Patrick. Inside the meeting, Patrick was questioned about the issue and he felt pressured to mount an independent investigation. This story was first broken by Washington Post reporter Margaret Pressler on April 22 in an article entitled, "Human Rights Charges still Gnaw at Coca-Cola." The article can be found in our News section.)
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