Patriece B. Miller Funeral Service, Inc. Licensed Funeral Director From Westmoreland, Jamaica WI • Shipping Local & Overseas 914-310-4294 ‘Community Lifestyle Newspaper’ 718-314-2019 Vol: 7 No. 21 WWW.STREETHYPENEWSPAPER.COM • FREE COPY NOVEMBER 19-30, 2012 Food Co-op Votes to Boycott Coca-Cola By Pat Clark, Contributing Writer [email protected] he Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) in Brooklyn, with a membership of more than 16,000 working members, voted on November 27 at its general meeting with T300 members present to boycott all Coca-Cola products. BUSINESS HONORS: Street Hype’s publisher Patrick Maitland and Colette Cyrus-Burnette CEO, NY The meeting is the top decision-mak - These workers described how they Super Wings showoff were honored by the members of the Society For the ing body of the co-op. The vote continues suffered from biased work assignments, Advancement of the Caribbean Diaspora (SACD) for their contribution to the the banning of Minute Maid juices, unfair discipline and retaliation and a caus - Caribbean Diaspora. Maitland was honored for his contribution to local journal - Odwalla juices and smoothies and Honest tic work environment. ism and Cyrus-Burnette for entreprenurship. The presentation took place at the Tea, which used to be sold at the PSFC. The Coke 16 claim that minority SACD Annual Awards Dinner Gala on Saturday (November 17) at the Brooklyn Co-op member Lew Friedman, workers at Coca-Cola are typically Campus of the Long Island University in Brooklyn. described Coke's ongoing global labor, assigned to the most undesirable and phys - human rights and environmental abuses, ically dangerous jobs and that managers which clash with the Mission Statement of contravene the seniority system by giving CARIBBEAN FLAVOR the Co-op, which states:"...We seek to better jobs and more overtime hours to Jerk Salmon avoid products that depend on the exploita - Caucasian workers with less seniority. Curried Lobster tion of others....We oppose discrimination Minority workers become the object Rasta Pasta • Jerk Chicken Escovich Snapper in any form..." of racial slurs and are denied opportunities Curry Coconut Salmon Friedman distributed literatures high - for promotion. When workers dare to speak Lobster Run Down lighting the horrible abuses that Coke tries out against the abuse, Coca-Cola retaliates Brown Stew Salmon King Crab Legs to hide and cover up. "These abuses," he against them through unwanted scrutiny, Run Down Snapper Grilled Tilapia said, "include complicity in murder of unfair disciplinary actions, suspensions BJ’s Shopping Center • Pelham Manor Plaza union leaders in Colombia and Guatemala; without pay and firings based on fraudulent Open 7 am to 10 pm | 914-633-5000 over exploitation and pollution of water in charges. drought-prone areas of India; trampling on Continued page 4 workers rights in the United States and elsewhere; racial discrimination and aggressive marketing of unhealthy prod - ucts to children, especially in black and Latino communities that fuel the childhood obesity and diabetes epidemics." Friedman spoke of The Coke 16, a group of black and Latino present-and- for - mer Coca-Cola employees in bottling plants in Queens and Elmsford, New York, who are suing Coke for racial discrimina - tion. The New York Daily News dubbed them The Coke 16 in "Coke's not it: 16 workers sue, call giant 'cesspool of racial discrimination.' 2 • STREET HYPE • NOVEMBER 19-30, 2012 WWW.STREETHYPENEWSPAPER.COM WWW.STREETHYPENEWSPAPER.COM NOVEMBER 19-30, 2012 • STREET HYPE • 3 Editorial Planning and preparing for natural disasters urricane Sandy wreaked havoc with insurance protection for their businesses, Although there were rooms for improve - total cost of damage put at $71 billion. homes and personal items. ment, the State and City authorities perform HGovernor Andrew Cuomo said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office has reasonable well in their preparation and needs some $32.8 billion to restore damaged estimated that New York City alone had $4.8 response to the hurricane. housing, parks and infrastructure and to billion of uninsured private losses, $3.8 bil - Governor Cuomo’s formation of three cover lost revenue and other expenses. lion of insured private losses and $4.5 billion commissions charged with undertaking a Another $9.1 billion will be used to mit - in losses to City agencies. comprehensive review and making specific igate potential damage from future severe As the victims of Sandy seek to put their recommendations to overhaul and improve weather events. lives back on track, they are expected to face New York State’s emergency preparedness The horrific destruction and flooding more challenges and setbacks. and response capabilities are steps in the caused by Hurricane Sandy continue to The City will also be hard pressed for right directions. impinge on thousands of residents in New resources, included an estimated $800 mil - The State should however, consider York counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New lion needed now to fix damaged roads. working with insurance companies to devel - York, Richmond, Suffolk and Queens and the Therefore, everybody is being affected op and implement affordable insurance pro - people in New Jersey’s counties of Atlantic, in some ways as a result of Sandy. grams to mitigate losses. Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Natural disaster and other act of God We are not suggesting any further com - Monmouth, Ocean and Union. will continue to be a way of life for every - pulsory insurance policies or a new ‘natural While, the State and Cities have been body. disasters taxes.’ providing assistance including federal fund - We cannot stop them or predict their pre - An aggressive education and training ing, a significant number of the victims are cise occurrence. programs on natural disasters would also crying out for more help. Therefore, planning and preparing for help people to better manage and prepare for The situation is becoming terrifying, as natural disasters are among our only viable major weather incidents. most of the victims don’t have adequate and long-term solutions. [email protected] The opinions expressed in this newspaper, except for the above, do not necessarily reflect the views of Street Hype Newspaper and its publishers. 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Associate Editor: Other words that are expressed are, “I JINELLE CRAIG don't get the support I need to get my job done.” As an employer you need to learn Senior Contributing Editor: the skills necessary for your employees to GENEIVE BROWN METZGER feel appreciated. Of course you can’t Advertising Director: please everyone, but people know when NOLA BOOTHE you are doing your best to support them. Consulting Editors Let us not forget other reasons key GLORIA BENT employees resign. 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