Coca Cola Sweatshops

Coca-Cola leads factories in the abuse of workers' rights, assassinations, water privileges and worker discrimination. From 1989 to 2002, eight union leaders from Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia were killed after protesting the company's labor practices. Hundreds of other Coca-Cola workers who have joined or thought of joining the Colombian union “sinal trainal” have been kidnapped, tortured and detained by guards who were hired to intimidate workers to prevent them from unionizing. In India, Coca-Cola destroys local agriculture by claiming the country's water resources. In Plachimada, Kerala, Coca-Cola took more than1.5 million liters of deep well water, which they bottled and sold under the names Dasani and BonAqua. The groundwater that was taken was used up. This affected thousands of communities with water shortages and destroyed agricultural activity. The water that did remain became contaminated with high chloride and bacteria levels that lead to scabs, eye problems, and stomach aches in the local population. Coca-Cola is known as one of the most discriminatory employers in the world. In 2000, more than 1500 African-American employees in the U.S. sued the company for racial discrimination and in pay and promotions.


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