"Our union brothers and sisters at Coca-Cola bottling facilities in
Colombia have been threatened, kidnapped, tortured and murdered ," said Jim
Hoffa, Teamsters General President.

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Where: Meet at City of Sonoma Plaza
Sonoma, CA

Sonoma Healthcare Center caregivers will join community members in a march
and rally to defend the Sonoma area against the Ensign Group's (owner of
Sonoma Healthcare Center) alleged anti-union and discriminatory behavior
towards their staff and to stand up for improved resident care. Their most recent endeavor has been enlisting the
Department of Health Services to investigate union activists and patient care
whistleblowers of Mexican descent.

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Resolution Calls for Mediated Settlement

WASHINGTON, In response to a growing international
campaign by students, labor and other groups protesting human rights
violations at Coca-Cola bottling facilities in Colombia and around the world,
delegates to the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference
unanimously endorsed a resolution today authorizing its leadership to seek a
just resolution of this dispute between the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and
student, labor and human rights groups .

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Sonoma Healthcare Center Workers Community Residents to March for Justice Fair Treatment at Local Nursing Home

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In the three years since the union election occurred, the Ensign Group has
used a variety of tactics to intimidate employees who support their union and
avoid settling a contract. Staff turnover is a huge problem for
our nursing home, and we believe that through a union and a fair contract, we
can encourage the quality caregivers to continue to work here. Our mission is to achieve high quality
healthcare for all. "Our members in South Africa support you in your demand that
Coca-Cola institute a human rights policy," Katishi said.

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On May 24,
2002, a majority of Sonoma Healthcare Center workers voted to form a union to
have a stronger voice in decisions that affect facility residents, their staff
and their families. "I love the work
that I do and I want to stay here, but I also want to be treated fairly. More colleges and universities are likely to follow .

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Caregivers and Local Community Members Hold Rally to Decry the Ensign Group's
Alleged Anti-Union Tactics and Efforts to Prevent Employees From Settling a
Fair Contract

SONOMA, Calif. We look
forward to working with the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Conference
towards concrete solutions to these human rights indignities.

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Teamsters Demand Action from Coca -Cola on Global Rights Standards

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Conference Director and Teamster International Vice President , Jack
Cipriani, said Coca-Cola's labor abuses in the United States includes
harassment, intimidation , discrimination and retaliation at CCE facilities as
well as at Odwalla and Minute Maid operations -both wholly owned by the Coca-
Cola Company.

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When: Saturday, July 23, 2005
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"Coca-Cola's refusal to take the students seriously is having a direct
impact on the company, its reputation and the Teamsters who service university
contracts ," said Joe Wojciechowski, President of Teamsters Local 812, which
represents nearly 2,000 Coca-Cola workers in New York.

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"My co-workers and I are participating in this march because there is so
much injustice here for the workers and the residents of Sonoma Healthcare
Center," said Glori Betancourt, certified nursing assistant. We
know our rights, we know we are not being respected on the job and we know it
is totally unjust for the Mexican descent workers who are union activists to
find themselves the sole targets of investigations by the Department of Health
Services.

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Ensign's substandard patient care track record is alarming to communities
across the state.

Media Contact:
Thea Lavin 510-520-7732

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In August 2004, a judge ruled in favor of Sonoma
Healthcare Center employees and told management that they needed to recognize
the union and begin to negotiate a first contract. Their care record in California includes quality lapses that have led
to: resident injuries and deaths, gangrenous bed sores, residents forced to
lie in their own feces and urine while waiting for care, severe weight loss,
medication errors and numerous other episodes of resident suffering."

SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West, with more than 140 ,000 members, is
the largest and most powerful healthcare union in the Western U.
In the United States, student protests have led to universities such as
Rutgers and the University of Michigan to cancel lucrative contracts for Coca-
Cola products.

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We
represent every type of healthcare worker, including nursing, professional,
technical and service classifications.
After the resolution was passed, delegates heard from Katishi Masemola,
General Secretary of the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), which
represents approximately 6,000 Coca-Cola workers at three bottling plants in
South Africa.

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Yet the Ensign Group
continues to attempt to undermine their workers' efforts to unionize and
improve patient care."
In an effort to reach out to the students who are spearheading campus
protests against Coca-Cola, Teamsters will address a national meeting of the
United Students Against Sweatshops later this week.

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Ensign's facilities amassed 78% more care violations in a
recent reporting period than the average California nursing home, according to
an analysis published by Nursing Home Watch, a statewide coalition, in August
2004.

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"No worker should
have to endure the abuse that our fellow workers in Columbia have had.

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If our employer will stop their discrimination and settle a
contract, it'll also help our residents -- with a contract in place,
caregivers will have a greater ability to advocate for residents and will be
happier and more eager to stick around . "It's long past time for Coca-Cola to
negotiate a global human rights agreement that will protect the rights and
safety of workers who produce, package and distribute Coca-Cola products.