Coca Cola is doing business with African Americans
Mr. Michael Campbell
April 21, 2009
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I met with senior members of The Coca Cola Company last week and talked about many of the issues we discussed with you and your colleagues. As you know, when you talk about Atlanta two companies come to mind, Delta and Coca Cola. When it comes to how Coca Cola is doing business with African Americans it puts Delta to shame. I strongly urge you to look at how Coca Cola is doing business in that area; you might want to emulate what they are doing. As I discussed with you in my previous letter, you might want to look at using strata’s in your procurement, in other words, requiring large successful bidders to minter smaller businesses such as the one owned by Dr. Georgiana Thomas.
I am committed to working with Delta and the larger community in improving the numbers and amount of dollars you are spending with African American vendors. In that regard I called your office on Friday and left a message with your secretary advising that a Mr. Latron Price of K. G. Group would welcome the opportunity to sell Delta jet fuel. Fuel, as I understand it, which is readily available in Houston, Texas. I trust you will pursue that opportunity.
Warm regards,
Joe Beasley
Cc: Dr. Joseph Lowery
Mr. Richard H. Anderson
Rev. J. Allen Milner
Mr. Steve Gorman
6 comments:
Excellent letter. Will it be published in the local media???
This is shameful, scandelous; a story the world should be made aware of. Delta is capitalizing on routes to Africa while scewing over African Americans here in Atlanta. Keep up the good work Joe Beasley and please send me a copy of the letter so we can publish it on the NEWSMAKERS Journal. ME
In 1994 Delta cut the pay of the predominately Black skycap group by 65% while other employees took no paycut at all.The skycap group were already the lowest paid employees at Delta. In 1994 Delta also promised not to outsource this group because of the paycut they were implementing.In 2008 Delta broke that promise and outsourced the skycap group to thier own wholly oned company Delta Global Services,creating the same jobs that pay less wages with no benifits.Furthermore, Delta began charging baggage fees which reduced the income of skycaps by more than 50%.This is hurting black families all over the America.While paying less than $3.00 per hour, Delta has shown no sensitivity to such a small but loyal group.It reminds me of plantation owners trying to get rich off of slave labor.
I use Georgianne's skin treats, and they are excellent. The body oil is rich and moisturizing and the shower gel is refreshing. I give the products as gifts! Delta airlines has a responsibility to the community. The community needs to hold Delta Airlines as accountable.
d\\Delta and Coke--We need one another--Do the right thing ( as Spike Lee said) and be fair--to yourself; for when we mistreat African American businesses, or any others, we mistreat everyone and it all comes home to "roost". Can't we see how the world needs for us to nurture it through each other; to conduct business--and our lives--fairly__for OUSELVES__OUR OWN MEGA BUSINESSES NOT EXEMPTED !!! tHE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM. Please apply your expertises to sharing business with minority vendors--and especially GEORGIANNE'S SKIN TREATS; try the AMENITIES Kit--and help Female/Minority businesses to do their part in this economic crisis. It could be just the key you need to revitalize your business--and the moral futures of you & yours! Try GEORGIANNE'S PRODUCTS RIGHT AWAY and plan other minority business inclusions soon. It's not too late, but time waits for no world-class leaders to reach out to others. It's a "win-win"!!
Avoiding strategies that will bring any success to our people as a whole has always been the mission of the so-called powers that be. More pressure on Coke, Delta, and even this government is not by trying to work with them, but by not working with them at all. Who needs Coke? Isn't there a black person somewhere in this world with a soft drink or who can make a soft drink we can support so much so that it will become a competitor to Coke? I think it's time we stop talking with those who won't listen and huddle up together to create our own economy and our own jobs, etc.. Last I looked...we are the biggest consumers and collectively the biggest spenders. Last I looked Afro-descendant women are the largest target market. Last I looked, we are the majority in sports. If we can create a hip hop culture in Bronx New York and have it leak around the world so much so that now ev-ery-bo-dy wants to be like "Mike"..then why cant we create a soft drink?
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