Posted May 11, 2008
Students for Workers' Rights had teamed with Killer Coke, a nationwide campaign to bring to light allegations of civil-rights abuses in Coca Cola's bottling factories in Latin America, in the hopes of stopping the University at Albany from re-signing its contract with the controversial soda behemoth.
They failed.
They failed.
On Friday, John Murphy, the board president of University Auxiliary Services, the nonprofit corporation that handles food services for SUNY, announced that UAS would sign another "10-year limited exclusivity contract with the Coca-Cola Company," said UAlbany's Students for Workers' Rights.
"I think it is morally irresponsible for SUNY Albany to re-contract with Coca-Cola in light of the overwhelming amount of information we have provided them about the Company's global practices" said Students for Workers' Rights member Kurt Amelang.
"It is clear that the University has chosen to place profits before people. They are aware of the human rights violations in Colombia, India, and El Salvador. They are aware that there is significant student, community, and faculty support for severing the Coca-Cola contract. Yet, Coca-Cola has paid them to turn a blind eye to our concerns and they have conceded" said Jackie Hayes, member of SWR.
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