Coke loses libel case against Sinaltrainal

international | consumer issues | press release Wednesday February 11, 2004 13:18 by Gearoid O Loingsigh - LASC

another victory for coke union

union beats coke in the courts

Coca sued the Colombian union Sinaltrainal for libel in Colombia where such offences are a criminal offence punishable by up to two years in prison.

However, the case was thrown out of the Colombian courts in a rare display of judicial independence.

Yet another victory has been chalked up by the union against the US multinational.