It’s for the children.
Via Watchdog
Teachers’ unions have boycotted, banned and decried some odd things this year — from hotels to office supply stores to Coca-Cola.
Here’s our list of some unexpected things that lit a flame under teachers’ unions in 2014, and what has happened since:
1. Coca-Cola
One of the largest teachers unions in the U.S., the American Federation of Teachers, banned one America’s favorite beverages from its’ facilities and events. The organization cited human rights violations.
But human rights may not be the entire reason behind AFT’s decision to fish cans of this tasty drink from office vending machines.
This may be more about the union resenting the beverage companies’ practice of subcontracting instead of hiring permanent employees, which is cited in the AFT resolution, said Larry Sand, president of the California Teachers Empowerment Network.
“Obviously they (Coca-Cola) were not using unionized workers,” Sand said.
In response to the ban, Coca-Cola representatives said in a statement to Watchdog.org the accusations were “outdated and erroneous.”