3 September, 2010A comprehensive agreement ends the long and bitter conflict at Coca-Cola Pakistan. After the long struggle, 187 workers at the Coke bottling plant in Multan, Pakistan won recognition of their union and precarious jobs were converted into permanent ones.
PAKISTAN: Late July an agreement negotiated between the IUF, the USA-based The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and Coca-Cola Icecek (CCI) successfully resolved a long and bitter conflict over employment and trade union rights at Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan (CCBPL), which is jointly owned by TCCC and CCI.
Under the agreement, all unfairly dismissed workers are reinstated with full compensation. The company recognizes the People's Employees' Union (PEU) as the representative union of IUF members at the Multan bottling plant and guarantees no more harassment or victimization of union members and officers.
To rectify precarious employment practices, which undermine the right to trade union membership in CCBPL's bottling operations, the agreement created 187 permanent positions. The agreement will be overseen internationally by the IUF and CCI/TCCC and implemented through a local process and implementation group established between the IUF and its affiliates and CCBPL in Pakistan
IMF strongly condemned the outrageous behaviour of the management at the Coca-Cola plant in Pakistan and sent a strong message of solidarity to the workers supporting them in their fight for the creation of a genuine union through IUF's campaign page.