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Page 274 Collingsworth proposed . . . a breakthrough: Velez and Romero, interviews by the author.
Page 275 their elation turned to dismay: Velez, interview by the author.
Page 275 “It may be time”: Ed Potter e-mail to Terry Collingsworth, April 22, 2007.
Page 275 contract at the University of Minnesota: Amit Srivastava, interview by the author; Jeff Shelman, “U Stands to Get Big Boost from Coke Contract,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis), April 3, 2008; Ahnalese Rushmann, “U Renews Aramark, Coca-Cola Contracts,” Minnesota Daily, April 14, 2008.
Page 275 “When you do something”: Rogers, interview by the author.
Page 276 “ensur[e] that the Killer Coke Campaign”: Draft Colombia Settlement Agreement, October 13, 2007.
Page 276 “Ladies and Gentlemen of The Coca-Cola Company”: Letter from Javier Correa to The Coca-Cola Company, September 14, 2007.
Page 276 filing a complaint: SINALTRAINAL, “SINALTRAINAL Files Complaint Before the ILO,” press release, September 28, 2007.
Page 276 “cause irreparable damage” . . . another fine: Faith Gay e-mail to Terry Collingsworth, September 24, 2007; Motion for Injunctive Relief and Sanctions in Order to Permit Parties to Hold Final Settlement Talks, October 15, 2007.
Page 276 told Weinstein that the union was pulling out: Terry Collingsworth to Judge Daniel Weinstein re: Joint Motion to Terminate Term Sheet, Response to Order to Show Cause, and Cross Motion for Sanctions, January 29, 2008.
Page 277 released a devastating report: India Resource Center, “Coca-Cola Continues Environmental Abuses in India,” press release, June 4, 2007; India Resource Center, “Community Protests Coca-Cola Plant in India,” press release, October 25, 2007.
Page 277 announced it was shuttering its doors: Letter from Brindavan Bottlers Limited to Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, October 27, 2007; India Resource Center, “Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down in India,” press release, August 14, 2008.
Page 277 with the TERI report: TERI report.
Page 278 “Enough is enough”: India Resource Center, “Coca-Cola’s Own Report Implicates Company for Abuses in India,” press release, March 13, 2008.
Page 278 “community engagement framework”: Jeff Seabright, Vice President, Environment and Water Resources, The Coca-Cola Company, to Tim Slottow, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of Michigan.
Page 278 “The easiest thing would be to shut down”: Amelia Gentleman, “Coca-Cola Urged to Shut Down an Indian Plant to Save Water,” New York Times, January 16, 2008.
Page 278 “dilapidated condition”: TERI report.
Page 278 the surprising reason that TERI found no pesticides: The University of Michigan Dispute Review Board, memorandum to Tim Slottow re “Complaint Investigation and Resolution Recommendation Regarding SOLE’s Allegations Against the Coca-Cola Company,” June 13, 2005; Kelly Fraser, “Coke Cleared in India Investigation,” Michigan Daily, January 15, 2008.
Page 279 much-vaunted ILO report: “Report: Evaluation Mission, Coca-Cola Bottling Plants in Colombia (June 30-July 11, 2008),” International Labour Organization, Geneva, October 3, 2008 (hereafter ILO report).
Page 279 The ILO reserved its highest criticism: ILO report, 44-48.
Page 279 never what the IUF had asked Coke to do: Ron Oswald, general secretary, International Union of Food and Allied Workers, interview by the author.
Page 280 “We said right from the beginning”: Kari Tapiola, interview by the author.
Page 280 “I think there is a little dancing”: Potter, interview by the author.
Page 280 The university senate held off the vote: Arielle Milkman, “Coke Ban Vote Pushed to Feb.,” Washington Square News, December 1, 2008.
Page 281 “We really do not let go of these conversations”: Potter, interview by the author.
Page 282 close defeat, twenty-eight to twenty-two: Sergio Hernandez, “Coke Ban Lifted,” Washington Square News, February 5, 2009.
Page 283 Though he began to work . . . work stoppages or slowdowns: José Armando Palacios, interview by the author; José Armando Palacios asylum petition, June