Boycott Coca Cola

Mask wrote: »

Not going to happen here, people are losing their jobs everywhere.
And this beep in support of coke workers... Unless your getting your tits out I aint beeping for no one.

I know alot of the lads on that picket line, if you want their tits out; I'm sure they would oblige, but it will blind you!

givyjoe81 wrote: »

Oh and why dont we boycott Dell too, and then every other American Multi-National over the coming years that leaves due to our over inflated wages and costs, for christ sake it wont be long before we've boycotted every product and service available to the consumer!

We'll have to live on spuds, cabbage and fish, washed down with our own piss.:eek:

are coca cola not creating jobs in wexford when the new plant is finished??

http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/over-100-jobs-at-cocacola-1562725.html

Tell ya what, I didn't get contract renewed with a health care company, and received no extra payments or redundancy, boycott them for me :rolleyes::rolleyes:

boycott me arse there are hundreds, if not thousands who have had the same thing happen, you don't hear them peeing and moaning about it, they are dealoing with it like the rest of us. build a bridge....

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I shall tell ye a interesting story, over in Newfoundland in Canada you will find no store or shop, pub nor restaurant selling coca cola, why? because they screwed workers there many years ago and the whole place boycotted them:D, time for us Irish to do the same.

I'm inclined to call bullshit on that statement.

I've heard Newfoundland is one of the few places where Pepsi outsells Coke, but the idea that nowhere there stocks Coke is ridiculous, and it looks like nobody told these guys. ("F.J. Wadden is the largest distributor of Coca Cola products in Newfoundland and Labrador carrying a full line of products including (PowerAde, Dasani Water, Minute Maid Juices, Nestea, Post Mix, Fruitopia, and Premix. Along with Coca Cola, 'Waddens' is dedicated in meeting your entire beverage needs.")

The effects of outsourcing.


I am amazed at the lack of support for coca cola workers. But then again I am not surprised. There has been no unitity in ireland in decdades and with is not likely in the next few either. Since the health and safety legislation improved and the labour court got more people friendly the need for unions bargin power has diminished. Why? Because what they do and are perceived to do is totally different in peoples eyes. I dont see this sole blame in the eyes of the unions however they have not helped by having the jack o connor situation occur with pat kenny.

Anyway back to outsourcing. Outsourcing is the buzz word of this centuary. Its to labour what the chinese were to manufacturing. It strips all your entitlements away makes one or two people rich and the rest work for poor wages. It is reluctant to hire profession staff and would see it import cheap professionals to avoid this. It does its best to avoid paying a stamp(altough impossible) it is lobbying the govt for this. It does not pay pension rights. In many cases it requires you to pay for your own medicals and it does not pay sick. In fact if health and safety legislation and employment rights could be done away with it would think nothing of making you work hoildays and weekends as a norm. Just look at the policy of supermarkets to have you work weekends to verify this. Outsourcings primary aims is to achieve the cheapest Management, on the most productive machinery with the lowest cost production and manpower. It seems people as a raw material not as people. My sole primary goal was to exploit this to the full by a combination of short term contracts and imported labour!

Why are the unions doing nothing about this! They have been resisting it for years! But the problem is 2 fold! One with the opening of markets there has been an abundance of labour and with encouragement from goverment there has been no legislation to protect pension rights etc.

Lastly, most people dont realise they are in a company involved in outsourcing! If you wort for a company that makes someone elses label then you are involved in an outsiourcing company! Weather it be batchellors who make Tesco beans to banta global who produce microsoft ware.

The unions are not sh1te! They are powerless without your support against this but not many people seem to question this policy! If you have a problem with Jack o connor tell him. You find it easy enough to tell Mary harney what you think and she could not give a dam!

We as a country are heading towards a massive pensions minefield! Our health system is buckleing from outsourcing and our education system is under strain. Substitute teachers are the norm in education! How does that make you feel when it comes to your childs education!

Yes I have no doubt that this will lead to the usual after hours classics If you think the unions are not working make them work! and support inhouse workers. I have no membership of a union because I always worked on my own or in a management position. I laugh at the way we protect our rights but I am terrified at the future for my kids.