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Colombia: attempted kidnap of child of Coca-Cola trade unionist
William Mendoza Gómez is Barrancabermeja regional President of SINALTRAINAL, the Colombian food workers union trying to organize Coca-Cola workers. He addressed the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) Convention in San Francisco on May 1st. When mentioning the murder of union activists, he recounted an experience when the para-militaries working on the behalf of the corporations attempted to kidnap his four year old daughter. The would be kidnappers contacted him and said “we intend to return the body of your daughter in a plastic trash bag”! Besides receiving a rousing standing ovation by everyone present, several resolutions were passed: 1. He was made an honorary ILWU member 2. The international give his organization $5,000 immediately 3. The ILWU support the boycott against Coca-Cola, and 4. All Coca-Cola machines will be removed from all ILWU buildings, local and international For more info on this issue go to Campaign to Stop Killer Coke |