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Colombian Trade Unionist Wins U.S. Political Asylum
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 7/19/04
In a spectacular development, Colombian trade unionist Luis Adolfo Cardona can breathe easy again after winning political asylum in the U.S. Cardona escaped kidnapping and execution by Coca-Cola’s death squads in 1996.
Coca-Cola, Colombia Action Network, Luis Adolfo
Delegation Tours Colombia, Hosted by Oil Workers Union
BY Tom Burke | United States | 7/01/04
A Colombia Action Network delegation is currently touring in Colombia, hosted by the Oil Workers’ Union and REINICIAR, an important human rights organization that reports to the United Nations.
Coca-Cola, Colombia Action Network, USO
Tax Day Protests Slam Plan Colombia, Coca-Cola
BY Meredith Aby | United States | 4/23/04
On Tax Day, April 15, activists around the country took part in the Colombia Action Network's third national day of action this year.
Anti-War Committee, Coca-Cola, Colombia Action Network, Plan Colombia
NEIU Students Vote to Kick Killer Coke Off Campus!
BY Colombia Action Network | Chicago, IL | 4/05/04
Fight Back! received the following report from the Colombia Action Network (Chicago).
Coca-Cola, Colombia Action Network
Colombia Action Network Meets, Plans National Day of Actions
BY Tom Burke | United States | 3/23/04
The Colombia Action Network gathered here March 8 to develop the campaign to boycott Coca-Cola, in defense of Colombian trade unionists.
Coca-Cola, Colombia Action Network
Colombian Trade Unionists on Hunger Strike at Coca-Cola Plants
BY Staff | United States | 3/16/04
On Monday, March 15, Coca-Cola union workers in Colombia began a hunger strike in front of the Coke bottling plants in Barrancabermeja, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Medellín and Valledupar.
Coca-Cola, Colombia, Colombia Action Network
Colombia’s Trade Union Movement
BY Tom Burke | Barrancabermeja, Colombia | 12/15/03
It is 6:00 a.m. and one thousand oil workers surround the leaders of their union, USO (Union Sindical Obrero de la Industria del Petrolero).
Coca-Cola, Colombia, USO
Colombian Coca-Cola Workers Battle Corporate Death Squads
BY Tom Burke | United States | 11/01/03
Tom Burke of Fight Back! interviewed Luis Adolfo, a leader of Colombian Coca-Cola workers.
Coca-Cola, Luis Adolfo
Boycott Killer Coke
BY Tom Burke | United States | 10/01/03
The campaign to boycott ‘Killer Coke’ is spreading fast.
Coca-Cola, Colombia, Colombia Action Network
Boycott Coca-Cola
BY Tom Burke | United States | 8/01/03
Nine trade unionists at Coca-Cola in Colombia are dead - murdered by paramilitaries with ties to Coca-Cola management.
Coca-Cola, Colombia, Colombia Action Network
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