On the 9th of November 2013, Oscar López Triviño, a Nestlé worker and unionist, was murdered in Bugalagrande (Colombia)

Members of the union Sinaltrainal protest against Coca-Cola

Sodexo workers in Bogotá organize a day of protest.

Autumn 2008, strike of the sugar cane cutters in Colombia. They organised themselves and were supported by their wives, the population and some committed labour unions.

Cali, October 2, 2008 - The families of the striking sugarcane cutters went to Cali in oder to draw attention to their situation and to support the strike. Despite their immense efforts, the surgarcane workers earn too little in order to ensure the livelihood for their families. That' s why they laid down their tools on September 15, 2008.

May 2008, Berlin - During the conference "Visions Of Labor" Carlos Olaya talks about the current situation of the Coca-Cola Boycott Campaign.

May 2008, Berlin - Carlos Olaya. Coca-Cola and the other multinational companies have completely restructured their production in Colombia. Normal employment relations were reduced and substituted with precarious employment forms, the profit rate inceased.

May 2008, Berlin - Carlos Olaya speaks about what it means to be a union activist in Colombia today.

Bogotá, March 29, 2006 - Gonzalo Quijano explains the current state of the trials against Coca-Cola at the court in Florida, USA. One case concerns the kidknapping of Jorge Leal in Venezuela. According to Quijano, the union received a threatening letter that said that the kidknappers would kill Jorge Leal if the union would continue mobilizing against Coca-Cola.

March 30, 2006, Bogotá - Carlos Olaya talks about the connection between starvation and poverty in Colombia and the strategies of national and transnational food companies. Coffee: The monopoly strategy of Nestlé, Cargill, Procter&Gambler and Kraft Food had the effect that the price of coffee decreased throughout the 1990s by about two thirds. Due to this price decline about 150,000 coffee-producing families lost their jobs.