Killer Coke: Colombia, Human Rights and Coca–Cola
Gerado Cajamarca
Sunday, 27 Feb 2005 at 7:00 pm – Oak Room, Memorial Union
Gerardo Cajamarca is a Colombian trade unionist and political leader who came to the US in exile in 2003 after receiving repeated death threats from a far-right paramilitary group. In Colombia, he worked for the food and beverage workers' union: SINALTRAINAL. Since 1994, seven SINALTRAINAL members working in Coca-Cola facilities have been murdered and hundreds more have been threatened by paramilitaries who operate with support from the Colombian Armed Forces and sometimes Coca-Cola's management. He currently works for the United Steelworkers of America in Minnesota.
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