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Monday, October 23, 2006
Ex-workers block access to Coca-Cola plants in Venezuela
Ex-workers block access to Coca-Cola plants in VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela — Former contractors blocked delivery trucks from entering and leaving Coca-Cola bottling and distribution plants throughout Venezuela today to protest unpaid severance benefits. It's the latest challenge to U-S-owned companies by allies of President Hugo Chavez. Pro-Chavez congresswoman Iris Varela says protesters were staging demonstrations outside bottling plants nationwide. She pledged that the protests would continue until the company settles pending debts with former workers.
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