Teamsters say Coca-Cola Enterprises workers will vote Oct. 7 on union representation

[Synicus Maximus]

Source: ajc

The Teamsters union said workers at Coca-Cola Enterprises facilities in College Park and Marietta will vote Oct. 7 on whether to be represented by the union.
We're very close to having unionized Coca-Cola employees in Atlanta, Coca-Cola's hometown," Dave Laughton, director of the union's brewery and soft drink division, told a crowd of about 500 Sunday afternoon at a rally south of Atlanta. "If it's good for the rest of the country, it should be good for Atlanta."

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/business/teamsters-say-coca-cola-597233.html

[Booster]

1. I had no idea Coca- Cola was not unionized. This would be a

good thing for the entire U.S. Come on, People, VOTE YES. You'll never regret it.

[Synicus Maximus]

2. Georgia is a "right to work" state

[Brickbat]

4. Coca-Cola workers are unionized in other parts of the country. But not in Coke's hometown.

[SoapBox]

3. I hope the vote will be for UNION!

I fully support workers in this country.

It's too bad that companies/management, went SO far out
of their way to make the working conditions miserable, that
it results in a union (and I'll say that I support almost all unions).

I just want to work...and be paid fairly...and not jerked
around at every turn. Is that so hard for a company to provide?
(...don't answer that...)

[TheCML]

5. I'm just glad

That they can't do here, what they (allegedly) did in Colombia.

[Divine Discontent]

6. c'mon Atlanta! Vote Yes! make workers rights stronger!

[MilesColtrane]

7. Union...It's the Real Thing™

[annm4peace]

8. besides donating money to the unions

what can we do??

[Omaha Steve]

9. They can vote in the union and still loose

We need to have EFCA and it's rules passed. K&R!

[Sherman A1]

10. Agreed

This is one of my biggest disappointments with this Congress and administration. EFCA would go a long way towards fixing things for the middle class, but it's a non starter with my Senators (Bond - I understand he's a Republican , but McCaskill blowing my off in a response was pretty hard to take).

[Judi Lynn]

11. Coca-Cola needs to realize their workers are people, not property.

Thanks for your helpful message.

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