Workers halt all Coca Cola output in Venezuela
ju4 wa4i dia4n zo1ng he2 ba4o da4o :\n  CARACAS, June 10 (Reuters) - Former workers demanding back\npay blocked the entrances to all plants owned by Coca-Cola's\nsubsidiary in Venezuela and halted production of the soda, the\ncompany said on Tuesday.\nAbout 2,500 former workers began their protest on Saturday\nat four plants and 24 distribution centers belonging to the\nVenezuelan unit of Mexican-based Coca-Cola Femsa <KOF.N>\n<KOFL.MX>, the company said.\nCompany spokesman Ignacio Mayorca said this and similar\nactions in the long-running labor dispute has so far cost Coca\nCola Femsa about $15 million this year.\n"This brings consequences not only for production. It also\naffects the workers," Mayorca said.\nThe former workers have been battling with Coca-Cola Femsa\nfor years, demanding roughly $520 million, or 1.5 times the\nvalue of the entire Venezuelan subsidiary.\nThey have occasionally called on the socialist government\nof President Hugo Chavez to nationalize the company.\nAlso known as KOF, the Mexican bottler is the\nsecond-largest Coke maker in the world. It employs abut 8,000\nworkers in Venezuela.\n(Reporting by Deisy Buitrago, editing by Leslie Gevirtz)\n((frank.daniel@reuters.com; 58 212 277 2656; Reuters\nMessaging: frank.daniel.reuters.com@reuters.net))\nKeywords: FEMSA VENEZUELA/