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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday February 22, 2010 21:46 by Morbeg
UCD Student Union Council has called for a referendum in an attempt to repeal the boycott of Coca Cola products in SU outlets, which was put in place by referendum in 2003. When this referendum was passed it made UCDSU the first students union in the world to support the call for a boycott made by SINALTRAINAL a Columbian trade union whose members have been threatened AND killed as part of a brutal campaign to stifle trade union activity in their bottling plants in Columbia since the beginning of the1990s. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday September 18, 2009 01:33 by Marc Spring
Jack O'Connor AND SIPTU leaders are making some noises about the outrageous treatment of Irish Coca Cola workers these days, but does anyone remember that they vitriolically attacked a campaign of solidarity with Colombian Coca Cola workers whose lives were threatened, a short few years ago? read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday March 01, 2007 22:45 by Boycott Killer coke
Trinity Students have voted in a landslide victory for the boycott of Coca Cola products due to the murder of coke workers AND trade unionists in colombia. Since 2004 the Trinity Student Union controlled shops have ceased to sell all Coca Cola products. Over 2,000 students voted in support of the boycott – the largest number of Trinity students ever to support the boycott. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 27, 2007 12:31 by Boycott Killer coke
There was a good turnout in the Davis Theatre in Trinity for a meeting hosted by TCD One World, Anarchist Society, Labour Youth, Pol Soc AND SWSS. The meeting started with two short news videos which featured Coca Cola workers in colombia AND also the leader of an independent investigation to the bottling plants. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday February 16, 2007 00:41 by Topper
Trade unionists in colombia have been threatened with execution by right-wing paramilitaries because of their role in the Coca Cola boycott campaign. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday October 31, 2006 19:06 by Lefty Type
colombia Solidarity calls for the GAA to end its sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday June 14, 2006 16:32 by Jim
Interview with UK students Against coke activist Claire Hall who is coming to Ireland this weekend to speaking at the Connolly Festival. Lara Coleman from London based colombia Solidarity who has just returned from colombia where she worked for two months with Sinaltrainal will also be speaking. The meeting will take place at 11.30 in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square this Saturday June 17th read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Saturday March 11, 2006 00:26 by colombia Solidarity
Harry Browne (journalist AND anti-war activist) AND Senator David Norris (Joycean scholar, anti war AND gay rights campaigner) launched the "The Profits of Extermination. How U.S. Corporate Power is destroying colombia" in Trinity College on Thursday night. The Author is Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, President of Sintraminercol (The Miners Union of colombia). Introduction AND translation by Aviva Chomsky. Several attempts have been made to assasinate the author since the book was published. The book outlines how corporate greed has resulted in human rights abuses in colombia. The event was Organised by colombia Solidarity Network AND Trinity One World Society in collaboration with Latin America Solidarity Centre. For copies of the book at sale at the discount price of ten euro you can email - colombia (at) lasc.ie . read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday February 02, 2006 16:36 by Dan
As US students vote to support the boycott campaign, Irish activists will be meeting to discuss the nest step read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Saturday December 17, 2005 15:28 by Rt. Hon. Dr. O as if
Christmas will soon be upon us, the batteries will wear out, conversation will stimie, the turkey will curl AND your spirits with it. Thus no more timely ocassion to remind everyone of the great AND noble tradition of Irish Parlour Games. There are many which will brighten your yuletide, AND i've thoughtfully made a small selection which will challenge all ages AND levels of intelligence. There's surely an irish Parlour Game to suit you AND yours on this little "human interest" list. ____________________________________________ read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 30, 2005 03:49 by colombia Solidarity Network
An Irish delegation of student AND trade union activists from the colombia Solidarity Network have just finished a series of meetings in Bogota. They have met with trade union, youth, student, farmer, indigenous, womens AND progressive organisations in Bogota. The delegation is comprised of activists who have been involved in the boycott coke campaign. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Monday May 30, 2005 22:36 by Jane
The 2005 Labour Party National Conference has today voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion brought by the UCD Pat Upton Branch expressing solidarity with the Coca-Cola workers of both colombia AND of the Naas Rd, Dublin. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Sunday May 01, 2005 14:48 by Gearoid O Loingsigh
Coca Cola have repaid Siptu's loyalty on the boycott issue by closing down the one plant where an anti-boycott campaign was launched. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday March 09, 2005 14:47 by Lasc
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday December 08, 2004 13:29 by Lasc
Below is the text of an open letter to Siptu re the threats made by Anne Speed AND Jack McGinley to run a campaign against the Colombian union Sinaltrainal. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday November 12, 2004 08:42 by James F. Harrington
As you read this article, the Coca-Cola company is using para-military goon squads to kidnap, torture, AND kill union organizers at their plants in Columbia, South America. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / news report Friday October 29, 2004 14:55 by Lasc
The IUF which has been to the forefront in attacking Sinaltrainal AND the boycott is to testify on behalf of Del Monte in Guatemala against its own affiliates. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Monday October 11, 2004 16:27 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
Edgar Paez a leader of the Colombian Coca Cola workers’ union Sinaltrainal is due to visit Ireland to meet with Irish trade unionists AND to address the Irish public. The international boycott of coke products launched by Sinaltrainal last year has received the support of three unions that operate in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Thursday July 22, 2004 23:15 by Gearóid Ó Loingsigh
Javier Correa, President of Sinaltrainal (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de Alimentos-colombia), gives an evaluation of the Coca Cola Boycott campaign one year after the beginning of the boycott. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday July 20, 2004 14:57 by Lasc
The boycott which was called last year has been renewed for another year as coke have not moved on the issue. read full story / add a comment |
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