Micro and Macro Environment and Coke Industry

Information Packet:

Evidence of The Coca Cola Company’s Human Rights Abuses and Environmental Violations

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Saint Joseph’s University

Students for Workers’ Rights

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Table of Contents
1. SJU Students For Workers’ Rights Resolution …………………..………. 2. Overview of Coca Cola Injustices & Campaign Demands: ....................... by United Students Against Sweatshops

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3. Corporate Profile on The Coca Cola Company: by The Polaris Institute …..
• The Polaris Institute is a watchdog agency based in Canada that investigates corporations and keeps track of the global economy regarding social justice, human rights, and environmental issues. • The full 61-page document can be found at the following website: (http://www.polarisinstitute.org/corp_profiles/public_service_gats_pdfs/coca-colapdf.pdf) Enclosed is Section 4, the Social Profile [pgs. 32-45]. It highlights human rights violations in Colombia, global environmental abuses, & labor violations in the US and globally.

4. New York City Fact-Finding Delegation on Coca-Cola in Colombia……
• In January 2004, New York City Council Member Hiram Monserrate and a delegation of union, student and community activists traveled to Colombia to investigate allegations by Coca-Cola workers that the company is complicit in the human rights abuses the workers have suffered. The delegation met with Coke officials and workers, as well as a variety of governmental, human rights and clergy representatives.

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5. Letter from Terry Collingsworth to Ed Potter ……………………………. • Terry Collingsworth, attorney from International Labor Rights Fund representing

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Colombian Coca Cola plant workers in their law suit against the company, wrote this letter to Ed Potter, Director of Global Labor Relations for Coca Cola, after a meeting they had in November 2005.

6. How credible is Coca Cola? ………………………………………………...
• Overview of Coca Cola’s