Update: March 26: Femsa finally agreed to begin meeting with union leaders in hopes of ending the hunger strike. Galvis(VP of a local union), said the company changed course due to solidarity in Colombia and from overseas. Unionists and human rights activists around the world had sent protest messages to Coca-Cola executives in Atlanta. And students in a dozen U.S. cities organized March 23 solidarity actions.
Monday March 15: Coca-Cola union workers in Colombia began a hunger strike in front of the Coke bottling plants in Barrancabermeja, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Medellín, and Valledupar. Juan Carlos Galvis, vice president of the local union in Barrancabermeja, has said, "If we lose the fight against Coca-Cola, we will first lose our union, next our jobs and then our lives."  | Demands

Since 1990 eight Coke workers have been killed and 67 have received death threats from paramilitaries. Management has used this to intimidate workers out of being part of the union.
Reportback and Pics: Oakland Action at Coke Regional Headquarters, March 23rd
Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and Economy Press Conference in Oakland 3/15/04  | Students Organize at California Student/Labor Teach-In at Berkeley to Support Colombian Coke Workers 3/12/03  | Listen to "Coke is the Drink of the Death Squads" by David Rovics  | Killer Coke Campaign Grows Internationally  | For More info see Killer Coke