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Article

24 Mar 2005

Author:
Michael Blanding, Nation [USA]

Coke: The New Nike

Behind [Coca-Cola's image]...a growing student movement is taking the company to task for its less than harmonious record of human rights around the globe...In an e-mail, Coke's issues director, Lori George Billingsley, denies that the companies or its bottlers have been involved in the violence [against labour leaders in Colombia]. "We are disappointed in the student boycotts because the campaigns are based on inaccuracies regarding the situation on the ground, " she writes. [also refers to Taco Bell (part of YUM!)]