TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia
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Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants
Trade unions around the world have launched a boycott of Coca-Cola products, alleging that the company's locally owned bottlers in Colombia used illegal paramilitary groups to intimidate, threaten and kill its workers.Sibylla Brodzinsky (The Guardian)