Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 16 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Protest Against Coca Cola VTMBH Article: Author Juan Soto Bouzas VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Telesh Lopez VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body As Coca-Cola shareholders celebrated in Madison Square Garden at their annual meeting on Wednesday, union leaders and humanitarian organizations rallied outside to lob a series of accusations at the multinational company, including allegations of murder and torture in Latin America. I was stunned while I was inside, said Colombian union leader Javier Correa as he exited the conference. They said everything [we were saying outside] was a lie, as if the people had not witnessed the seven assassinations. Correa said seven Colombian Coca-Cola employees have been mysteriously murdered during labor contract negotiations over the last couple of years. Three were negotiating contracts; the body of another was discovered at the bottling plant, said the union leader. And on top of that, many of our brothers are in jail, accused of being guerillas or terrorists. One Coca-Cola employee committed suicide because he had not been paid and was unable to feed his family, Correa said. In his suicide note he held Coca-Cola responsible for his situation. The multinational has repeatedly denied any connection with these and any other cases. In Colombia, there are more than 10,000 people working for Coca-Cola; in Guatemala there are more than 1,000. Guatemalan union leader Jose Argueta had similar complaints. He traced parallels between events in Guatemala between 1975 and 1980 and what is happening now in Colombia. I think our friends are living with a situation similar to ours, he emphasized. In the 70s eight union leaders were assassinated in Guatemala, it was never discovered who did it, he added. Correa and Argueta arrived in the United States on April 12 to accompany students and unions, specifically the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, at the rally. Both will return to their countries on April 22. Outside Madison Square Garden, many people protested conditions of Coca-Cola workers in many countries. They also united with the health activist organizations Act Up/NY and Health Gap, who were there to demand that Coca-Cola offer its workers in African countries health coverage for medication to fight against AIDS. Teamsters President James Hoffa was given an ovation as he approached the crowd after leaving the shareholders meeting. They have killed workers in Colombia, yelled Hoffa, Jr. We will fight for worker rights, we will not allow more abuses, more injustices. These abuses will not go unpunished, the terror will not have us take any steps back, Correa emphasized, saying that 76 percent of the labor contracts in Colombia are temporary and situations for these people are miserable. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks VTMBH Article: Date 2002-04-18 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 147 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Protest Against Coca Cola 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-04-18