An agreement negotiated between the IUF, the Atlanta, USA-based The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and Coca-Cola Icecek (CCI, Coca-Cola’s Turkey-based bottler for the Middle East, Pakistan and Central Asia), has successfully resolved a long and bitter conflict over employment and trade union rights at Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan (CCBPL). CCBPL is jointly owned by TCCC and CCI.
Under the agreement, all unfairly dismissed workers will be reinstated with full compensation. The company recognizes the People’s Employees’ Union (PEU) as the representative of IUF members at the Multan bottling plant and guarantees that there will be no harassment or victimization of union members and officers.
To rectify precarious employment practices which undermined the right to trade union membership in CCBPL’s bottling operations, the agreement creates 187 permanent, directly employed positions.
