Refreshing Pauses: Coca-Cola and Human Rights in Guatemala

by Henry J. Frundt

Overview

While the crisis in Central America is receiving attention from scholars in a variety of disciplines, few works have focused on the role of nongovernment organizations in reducing levels of violence in that region. This remarkable case study examines the resilient struggle by workers at the Guatemala Coca-Cola bottling plant from 1976-1986, and documents why this union was able to survive within a repressed government to become a key factor in stimulating a larger independent labor movement in the country. Scholars of political sociology, labor studies, and the governments and politics of Central America will do well to read this volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275927646
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/05/1987
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1270L (what's this?)

About the Author

HENRY J. FRUNDT is Associate Professor of Sociology at Ramapo College in New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Lockout/Strike
Subdivision
The Church Takes Stock
First Settlement
Repression
The Corporate Forum
An International Front
Boycott!
The Spring Offensive Negotiations Begin
Abduction
A Contract !
An Oasis Runs Dry
Occupation
The Third Campaign
Echoes of Victory
Concluding Reflections
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author