Whereas, Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia have been involved in supporting paramilitaries who have murdered and persecuted union workers there; and,
Whereas, United Students Against Sweatshops, the U.S. Steelworkers Union and others have called for a boycott of Coke to pressure the company to cease this practice; and,
Whereas, twenty campuses have removed Cokes franchise; and,
Whereas, the Teamsters Union Brewery & Soft Drink Division has called on the Coca-Cola Corporation to seek a just resolution of this dispute; therefore,
Be It Resolved, that the Communist Party, USA support the Coke boycott and urges its members and friends to do the same.
Adopted by the CPUSA National Committee March 5, 2006
Join Now