Student boycott ‘puts Coke jobs at risk’

JOBS could be at risk from the decision of students, at the country’s biggest university, to boycott Coca Cola products on campus, union officials warned last night.

There are also fears among workers at the Irish Coca Cola bottling factory in Dublin that a spread of the UCD boycott could have more serious effects.

The referendum among students at UCD, followed a campaign over alleged attacks against trade union members in Colombia by Coca Cola, or its bottlers. The decision to boycott the drinks products, and ban their sale in students union outlets, was passed by a slender margin in a vote on Monday and Tuesday.