NCAD votes to boycott Coke

national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Wednesday May 05, 2004 14:31 by boycott Killer Coke - LY

Students in the National College of Art and Design voted by a margin of almost 2 to 1 to boycott Coca Cola products on Wednesday April 28th. The college located on Dublin’s Thomas Street has 600 students and the decision means that the college will remove the two Coca Cola vending machines.

Although a small college this victory for the boycott campaign represents a significant breakthrough because it is the first instance of a student vote leading to the college taking action to remove coca cola products. In previous instances in UCD and Trinity a student vote led to the removal of the product from the student union owned shops as well as from the student bar and from the student centre in UCD, but not from facilities which weren’t directly under student control.

It is clear that the boycott of Coke is spreading.