The National Union of Food Industry Workers ( Spanish : Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de Alimentos , SINALTRAINAL ) is a Colombian food industry trade union .
2-553: The group has repeatedly tried to form unions in Colombia for workers of Panamco , a Colombian Coca-Cola bottling company, and have documentation of many members or leaders being murdered, kidnapped, and tortured by right-wing paramilitary groups such as the AUC in order to prevent unionization. This article related to a South American trade union is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Colombia -related article
4-595: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Panamco Panamerican Beverage Panamco merged with Coca-Cola FEMSA effective May 6, 2003. Prior to the merger, Panamco was 25% owned by The Coca-Cola Company . Panamco has been criticized for its relationship with unions. In Colombia, it has been alleged that the bottling company hired paramilitary mercenaries to assassinate union leaders. These charges have resulted in several court cases and boycott actions against The Coca-Cola Company . This food and/or confectionery corporation or company-related article
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