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Coca-Cola's subsidiary in Venezuela faces workers protests in six states

FEMSA bottles, distributes and sells Coca-Cola products in nine Latin American countries

Workers reject the delays in the negotiations of the collective bargaining agreement (File Photo: Pablo González / Efe)

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Workers of Venezuela's unit of Coca-Cola FEMSA, a Mexican-based subsidiary of the US soda drink company, are staging protests in the states of Apure, Guárico, Sucre, Anzoátegui, Nueva Esparta and Monagas arguing delays in the negotiations of the collective bargaining agreement. FEMSA bottles, distributes and sells Coca-Cola products in nine Latin American countries.

Union leader Luis Serrano reported that the workers held an assembly on Tuesday from 5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Barcelona, Anzoátegui state (northeast Venezuela), as a pressure mechanism to achieve progress in the discussion of the agreement.

Either way, the agreement between the workers who attended the meeting is that the discussions of the bargaining agreement resume at the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor's Inspector office in Barcelona.


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