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ityala lifakwe ngoJuni kwiSithili sase-US
inkundla ngokuchasene neCoca-Cola egameni lomsebenzi obuleweyo waseColombia
umququzeleli uye waqinisa iphulo lamalungelo oluntu ekudala liqhutywa ngokuchasene
isigebenga sesiselo. I-International Labour Rights Fund kunye ne
IUnited Steelworkers of America yafaka ityala elifanayo iminyaka eliqela
eyadlulayo. Ngeli xesha, babambe inkampani uxanduva ngokuthe ngqo.
Eli tyala libanga ukuba kwi-2002 imikhosi ye-paramilitary e-Barranquilla,
Colombia, iyelenqe kunye norhulumente kunye nabaphathi
umzi weebhotile wedolophu iCoca-Cola, wabulala umlweli womanyano
uYesu Munera. I-suit yafakwa eFlorida phantsi kwe-Alien Torts
Yenza. Inkampani yeCoca-Cola ibizwa ngokuba ngummangalelwa.
Iinkokeli zabasebenzi ezisibhozo zibulewe kwibhotile yaseCoca-Cola
izityalo eColombia ukusukela ngo-1989 kwaye abanye abaninzi bebesemzimbeni
ukuhlaselwa, ukugrogriswa, okanye ukuxhatshazwa. Olu lwaphulo-mthetho lubangele ukuba
intshukumo yokukwaya inkampani ukuba ikhule e-US kunye ne-European anti-sweatshop
kunye nezangqa zabasebenzi. Zingaphezulu kweshumi elinesibini iikhampasi zekholeji ezivaliweyo
Iimveliso zeCoca-Cola ngenxa yoko kwaye abantu abaninzi basekuhlaleni basayine
kuqhankqalazo.
UDaniel Kovalik, umncedisi webhunga jikelele wabasebenzi bentsimbi.
union, ithi i-ILRF kunye nombutho wakhe walumkisa Coca-Cola
malunga nomsebenzi we-paramilitary kwiibhotile zezityalo. URay Rogers we
Iphulo lokunqanda uKiller Coke ukwatsho nokuba iCoca-Cola enye
ummeli uvumile ukugcina ilizwi lezi zilumkiso ezivela eColombia
Umbutho wabasebenzi bokutya.
Coca Cola
kudala ithi ibilwazi ngogonyamelo lwezopolitiko
eColombia kwaye yenze amanyathelo okukhusela abasebenzi babo.
Kodwa uKovalik usabambe inkampani esekwe eAtlanta inetyala. Ngokutsho
kuye, isityalo seebhotile lishishini elidibeneyo phakathi kweCoca-Cola
I-FEMSA (ibhotile yaseMzantsi Melika) kunye neNkampani yeCoca-Colaโ
I-Coca-Cola ine-46 ekhulwini lobunini be-Coca-Cola FEMSA. Ngoko ke,
Amagqwetha aqiqa ngelithi, ukuba abaphathi kwishishini benze iyelenqe nelikaMunera
ababulali ke inkampani kufuneka iphendule loo nto. โAbanako
uphume kule nto,โ utshilo uKovalik.
Rogers, ochitha ixesha lakhe elininzi enxibelelanisa ilizwe lonke
Ukukwaywa kwe-Coca-Cola, ukubona uphuhliso njengenye into echasene nayo
inkampani phakathi kwabanye kwangoku nje. KwiYunivesithi yeSixeko saseNew
Isikolo soMthetho saseYork kutshanje sikhabe iCoca-Cola kwikhampasi yayo, njengabaninzi
ezinye iikhampasi e-US wenze. โNdiyazi ukuba kukho
kuninzi,โ utshilo ebhekisa kwimiba ebhengezwe ngumbutho wokwayikiswa
inokuxhaphaza. Ndiyazi ukuba sinokubangela umonakalo omkhulu.
Eli tyala liphinda lifike ngexesha loLawulo lwaseColombia
ISebe lezoKhuseleko (DAS) liye lavezwa ukubonelela
ulwazi olubalulekileyo kunye noncedo kwi-paramilitary yephiko lasekunene
iqela, i-United Self-Defense Forces yaseColombia (AUC), eqwalaselwa
umbutho wabanqolobi ngurhulumente wase-US. Amagosa kwi
isebe likarhulumente (DAS) elizinikele ekukhuseleni abantu abafana nomzi-mveliso
Abasebenzi endaweni yoko bancedisa kwaye baxhasa kolu bundlobongela. Le ngqungquthela
ibe lihlazo elikhulu kweli lizwe kunye nokugxilwa kwabantu abaninzi
imibutho yamalungelo.
Nokuba yeyiphi le miba, inkampani ikholelwa kweli tyala langoku
yinzame yokuvula ityala elivaliweyo. โUkubhubha kukaMnumzana Mumera
yintlekele enganxulumananga nomsebenzi wakhe,โ utshilo uKerry
Kerr, isithethi senkampani. โUmbulali wakhe wagwetywa
kwaye ngoku uthothoza isigwebo seminyaka eli-17.โ Pha
ikwayimvakalelo yokuba izinto ziyaphucuka eColombia. โI
Intloko entsha [yeDAS] kuthiwa inyanisekile kwaye igxothe abasebenzi abangama-70,โ
utshilo uHeather Hanson, umlawuli weOfisi yase-US eColombia, a
umbutho ongenzi nzuzo eWashington.
UMunera, owabulawa ngo-2002, wayeyinkokeli yokugqibela yomanyano eCoca-Cola
isityalo ukuba abulawe, ngokutsho Campaign to Stop Killer Coke.
Kodwa amaqela omkhosi asaqhubeka exhaphaza abasebenzi baseCoca-Cola. Kwi
NgoSeptemba 2005 uLuciano Enrique Romero Molina, naye olilungu le
Umbutho wabasebenzi bokutya baseColombia kunye nowayesakuba ngumsebenzi waseNestle, wabulawa
eValledupar.
URogers ukholelwa ukuba ikamva labasebenzi bakwaCoca-Cola lidibene
kunye nemeko yezopolitiko yesizwe. eKholombiya
esinye sezona zizwe ziyingozi kakhulu kubatsha-ntliziyo babasebenzi kunye nesizwe
uye wafumana amawaka ezigidi zeerandi zoncedo. "Pha
lubudlelwane phakathi kwee-paramilitaries, urhulumente,
kunye nezizwe ngezizwe ezifana neCoca-Cola,โ utshilo uRogers.
U-Kovalik wavuma ukuba ngelixa ityala libiza uCoca-Cola njengommangalelwa
kukwakho nomcimbi omkhulu okhoyo. Imeko iyonke, yena
Wathi, โibangela umbuzo onzulu ukufaneleka kwe-US
ukuqhubeka nokuzibophelela ekuncedeni imikhosi yomkhosi waseColombia. "
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