Atlanta: CCE will go from 70,000 employees to 13,000 employees. And CCE's workforce in Atlanta will go from 3,500 employees to about 100.

The good news for Atlanta is the headquarters for the new Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. is staying put.

The not-so-good news is that once it completes its $13 billion transaction with The Coca-Cola Co., CCE will go from 70,000 employees to 13,000 employees. And CCE's workforce in Atlanta will go from 3,500 employees to about 100.

The other 3,400 employees will join Coca-Cola. About 10 CCE employees will be transferred to CCE's European headquarters near London.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter, the transaction will mean CCE will go from being the world's largest Coca-Cola bottler to becoming the world's third-largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola products.

"The new CCE will be an entirely western European business," said John Brock, the CEO of CCE, who will continue in that role after the transaction. "The new CCE, our European business, is a very attractive business with strong market shares, high profit margins and lower consumption rates. The opportunity for growth is huge."

Article:
http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.aspx?storyid=152444

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Staff at a Coca-Cola plant in north London will be taking part in strikes in a dispute over pay. Employees at the beverage giant who are members of union Unite, voted by eight to one to reject the firm’s two per cent pay offer.

Unite says that unless Coca-Cola offers an improved pay deal, a strike is “inevitable”.

Article:
http://www.thegrapevinemagazine.com/?newsid=3186

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BREMERTON — Both sides returned to the bargaining table Wednesday in the strike of 500 Coca-Cola workers in Western Washington, 34 of them in Bremerton.

A company spokesman is hopeful the new talks will bring a quick end to the weeklong work stoppage by drivers, warehouse workers and shelf-stockers who have been without a contract since May. Bremerton workers deliver pop, water and juices throughout the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.

“We’re looking forward to continuing negotiations next week, and we are also looking forward to reaching an agreement with the union that is fair and equitable,” said Bob Phillips, spokesman for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Washington.

Article: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/aug/27/coca-cola-strikers-return-to-b...

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Note: While Coca-Cola is fighting labor and killing jobs, they are busy buying companies around the world such as:

Coca-Cola (KO) announced it would acquire a Siberia-based juice company at a reported price of around $450 million, part of a strategy to invest
billions more in Russia over the next few years.

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