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Page 269 less of an explanation: Potter, interview by the author.
Page 269 “assessment of current working conditions”: “University of Michigan Falls Prey to Another Coca-Cola PR Scam.”
Page 269 “We have a document”: Videocast, The Coca-Cola Company, Annual Meeting of Stockholders, April 19, 2006, http://events.streamlogics.com/pmtv/coke/apr19-06/auditorium/index.asp.
Page 269 “My message to you”: Videocast, The Coca-Cola Company, Annual Meeting of Stockholders, April 19, 2006, http://events.streamlogics.com/pmtv/coke/apr19-06/auditorium/index.asp.
Page 269 activists raised red flags: Amit Srivastava, India Resource Center press release, “Coca-Cola Funded Group Investigates Coca-Cola in India,” April 16, 2007.
Page 269 listed Coca-Cola as a sponsor: Confirmed from TERI website, April 16, 2006, www.teriin.org (accessed through Internet Archive, www.archive.org).
Page 269 had been paid by Coke: Confirmed by Ibrahim Rehman, Director, Social Transformation Division, The Energy and Resources Institute, in interview by the author.
Page 269 most responsible companies: Confirmed by Ritu Kumar, “Human Face of Corporates,” Times of India, December 24, 2001.
Page 269 student campaign had “stalled”: David Teather, “Has Coke Become the Next McDonald’s?” Guardian, August 18, 2006.
Page 270 indifference, if not contempt: Order of Clarification as to Plaintiffs SINALTRAINAL and Juan Carlos Galvis (233), Order Granting Motion to Quash Attempted Service of Process (234), Order Reiterating Stay (237), SINALTRAINAL v. Coke.
Page 270 “If you didn’t know any better”: Status conference transcript, June 6, 2006.
Page 270 “unwarranted international fishing expeditions”: Consolidated Omnibus Order Dismissing the Cases for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction (322), SINALTRAINAL v. Coke.
Page 270 “We hope this decision”: Duane D. Stanford, “Lawsuit vs. Coke Bottlers Tossed; Group Representing Colombian Workers May Appeal Ruling,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution , October 4, 2006.
Page 270 denying the union proper discovery: Appellants’ Opening Brief (1), SINALTRAINAL, et al. v. The Coca-Cola Company, et al., on Appeal from the Decision and Final Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Case No. 06-15851-HH (hereafter SINALTRAINAL v. Coke Appeal).
Page 270 “Put aside Colombia, Coca-Cola”: Terry Collingsworth, interview by the author.
Page 271 engaged a retired judge: Judge Daniel Weinstein (ret.), biography, http://www.jamsadr.com/weinstein/.
Page 271 call off the dogs: In re: TCCC’s [The Coca-Cola Company’s] Reply Brief, in Support of Motion for Sanctions and Related Relief, February 12, 2008. The documents and e-mail exchanges cited below are taken from exhibits to this brief.
Page 271 resumed criticizing Coke: Faith Gay to Judge Daniel Weinstein, re: TCCC Motion for Sanctions In re SINALTRAINAL Mediation, December 21, 2006.
Page 271 both sides refrain from public statements: Judge Daniel Weinstein e-mail to Faith Gay, Terry Collingsworth, et al., September 27, 2006.
Page 272 trolled Web and newspaper reports: Linda Spencer e-mails, October 2, 4, 9, and 27, 2006.
Page 272 they would have to resign from the union: Draft, “Colombia Settlement Agreement,” October 13, 2006.
Page 273 “Every request we made for”: Faith Gay to Terry Collingsworth, November 22, 2006.
Page 273 $120,000 in penalties: Order for Sanctions, January 8, 2007.
Page 273 “Look, don’t waste my time”: Terry Collingsworth, interview by the author.
Page 273 into the “lions’ den”: Duban Velez, secretary-treasurer of SINALTRAINAL, and Romero, interviews by the author.
Page 274 whatever the union leaders decided: Rogers, interview by the author.
Page 274 “We don’t intend to give up our fight”: The Coca-Cola Case, directed by Germán Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia (Montreal: Cinema Politica and the National Film Board of Canada, 2009).
Page 274 a personal money grab: Romero, interview by the author.
Page 274 a bum deal: Romero, interview by the author.
Page 274 Finally Kovalik walked