The National Union of Food Industry Workers ( es, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de Alimentos, SINALTRAINAL) is a Colombian
food industry
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trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
.
The group has repeatedly tried to form unions in Colombia for workers of
Panamco
Panamerican Beverage Panamco merged with Coca-Cola FEMSA effective May 6, 2003.
Prior to the merger, Panamco was 25% owned by The Coca-Cola Company.
Criticism
Panamco has been criticized for its relationship with unions. In Colombia, it has ...
, a Colombian
Coca-Cola
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bottling company, and have documentation of many members or leaders being murdered, kidnapped, and tortured by
right-wing
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paramilitary
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groups such as the
AUC in order to prevent unionisation. They are a central focus of the ongoing
Coca-Cola boycott movement
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prevalent across college
campus
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es worldwide (see
criticism of Coca-Cola
Since its invention by John Stith Pemberton in 1886, criticisms of Coca-Cola as a product, and of the business practices of The Coca-Cola Company have been significant. The Coca-Cola Company is the largest soft drink company in the world, distribut ...
).
See also
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Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola
''Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola'', 578 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2009), was a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of a case filed by Trade unions in Colombia, Colombian trade union Sinaltrainal (Nat ...
Notes
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Amnesty International
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(AI) report 27 August 2003 - fear for safety of SINALTRAINAL vice-president Juan Carlos Galvis
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AI report 23 September 2005 - fear for safety of SINALTRAINAL member José Onofre Esquivel Luna
External links
* http://www.sinaltrainal.org/
Trade unions in Colombia
Food processing trade unions
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