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Boycott Coca-Cola Products

WHEREAS Coca-Cola has bottling plants world-wide in many underdeveloped countries, and
WHEREAS many of these plants are in countries ruled by autocratic regimes or governments that owe their existence to U.S. governmental support, and
WHEREAS in Colombia, where Coke has a bottling plant, the U.S. government provides billions of dollars annually as well as military assistance to defeat insurgent forces, and
WHEREAS Coca-Cola has collaborated with the Colombian government to target union activists, and
WHEREAS union activists at the Coca-Cola plant have been assassinated by right-wing paramilitary groups, and
WHEREAS union activists in Colombia and throughout the world are calling on their union brothers and sisters to boycott Coca-Cola [see campaign website],
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the CFT, in solidarity with our union brothers and sisters fighting for basic democratic and trade union rights, calls upon CFT members to avoid purchasing Coca-Cola products (including soda, water, sports drinks, etc.) and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the CFT encourage locals not to serve Coke products at meetings and insist that such products are not served at CFT meetings, and
FINALLY BE IT RESOLVED that CFT publicize this issue on its website and in its publications.