Warren E. Buffett Donald F. McHenry Barry Diller Herbert A. Allen Cathleen Black Maria E.
thleen Black Maria E. Lagomasino James Robinson Douglas N. Daft
Berkshire Hathaway Georgetown University InterActive Corp. Allen & Co. Hearst Magazines J.P. Morgan Chase RRE Ventures The Coca-Cola Co.
Omaha, NE Washington, DC New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY Atlanta, GA
James B. Williams Sam Nunn Ronald W. Allen Robert L. Nardelli Susan Bennett King Peter V. Ueberroth J. Pedro Reinhard
SunTrust Banks King & Spalding Delta Air Lines The Home Depot Duke University Contrarian Group Dow Chemical
Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA Durham, NC Newport Beach, CA Midland, MI
Please sign and send this entire page to: Board of Directors, The Coca-Cola Co., P.O. Box 1734, Atlanta, GA 30301
Dear Coca-Cola Board Members,
I am shocked to learn of your indifference to the safety of workers who bottle your products. There are undisputed reports that Coca-
Cola bottling plant managers in Colombia, South America, allowed and encouraged paramilitary death squads to murder, torture and
kidnap SINALTRAINAL leaders and members in an effort to crush their union.
You dismiss such charges, but you can’t escape the fact that massive human rights violations have occurred. Coca-Cola is responsible
for the actions of its partners in Colombia. Apart from any legal liability you will face, you have failed to use your influence to
end violence against workers and their families. Your silence, both individually and as a board, is scandalous.
I ask you to act now to ensure that workers’ basic human rights are respected. I cannot support a company that profits from murder
and torture. If you do not act responsibly, I will encourage my friends, family and colleagues not to purchase any Coca-Cola products,
including Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid, Nestea, Powerade, Swerve daily drink and Dasani water, nor to do business with SunTrust, the bank
of “Killer Coke.”
Please let me know how you intend to address my concerns.
Sincerely,
Name
Address City State Zip
These 14 Coca-Cola board members also serve as top policymakers on the boards of other companies, including: AT&T, Avon
Products, Bristol-Myers Squibb, ChevronTexaco, Dell Computer, FleetBoston Financial, Georgia Pacific, General Electric,
GlaxoSmithKline, Hilton Hotels, IBM, International Paper and The Washington Post.
It should be noted that Warren Buffett is Coke’s largest shareholder, owning more than 8.1% of its stock. SunTrust Banks is
the second largest shareholder with 5.3% and is a major creditor of Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO Douglas Daft serves on the boards of both Coca-Cola and SunTrust, as does James Williams,
SunTrust’s former CEO. Douglas Ivester, Coca-Cola’s retired CEO, also sits on the SunTrust board. SunTrust President and
CEO Phillip Humann serves on the boards of both SunTrust and Coke’s largest subsidiary, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), as
does CCE’s former CEO, Summerfield Johnston, Jr. Each owns substantial equity in both Coke and SunTrust. For more
information, go to our website: [Link].
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