California Coca-Cola employees agree on contract at 11th hour

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	By Associated Press Read Original Article by Free Subscription Issue: 6/1/05 Miami Herald LOS ANGELES - Nearly 2,000 Coca-Cola employees who work in Southern California reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the company early Wednesday, prompting their union to call off a rally planned for later in the day, officials said. Striking workers, who said proposed pay hikes in the new contract wouldn't cover increased health care costs, were expected to continue picketing until the details of the agreement were made public, said Hilda Delgado, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Negotiators for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. reached an agreement at 1 a.m. Wednesday after difficult talks that included pickets and plans for a possible boycott and Wednesday's rally. The agreement affects some 1,700 drivers, bottlers and warehouse workers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They went on strike on May 24 amid a dispute over a new contract that will replace one that expired in April. A spokeswoman with Atlanta-based Coca-Cola did not immediately return calls Wednesday FAIR USE NOTICE. This document contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke is making this article available in our efforts to advance the understanding of corporate accountability, human rights, labor rights, social and environmental justice issues. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

By Associated Press
Read Original Article by Free Subscription
Issue: 6/1/05
Miami Herald

LOS ANGELES - Nearly 2,000 Coca-Cola employees who work in Southern California reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the company early Wednesday, prompting their union to call off a rally planned for later in the day, officials said.

Striking workers, who said proposed pay hikes in the new contract wouldn't cover increased health care costs, were expected to continue picketing until the details of the agreement were made public, said Hilda Delgado, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.

Negotiators for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. reached an agreement at 1 a.m. Wednesday after difficult talks that included pickets and plans for a possible boycott and Wednesday's rally.

The agreement affects some 1,700 drivers, bottlers and warehouse workers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They went on strike on May 24 amid a dispute over a new contract that will replace one that expired in April.

A spokeswoman with Atlanta-based Coca-Cola did not immediately return calls Wednesday

FAIR USE NOTICE. This document contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke is making this article available in our efforts to advance the understanding of corporate accountability, human rights, labor rights, social and environmental justice issues. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.