WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Federation of Teachers union – the second largest in the United States – just ended a boycott of Coca-Cola that has its members and child labor activists up in arms.

In October the American Federation of Teachers passed a resolution to boycott all Coca-Cola products over alleged violations of worker rights and child labor laws. But four months later, AFT’s executive committee reversed course and passed a new resolution in February to end the boycott, according to Corporate Crime Reporter.

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“How much did this cost Coke?” NYU Professor Marion Nestle questioned. “Not enough to be worth it, I’ll bet.”

Nestle, who recently penned “Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)” told the news site a March agreement between the company and the AFT to end the boycott “is an example of Coke’s typical strategy: partner and buy silence of the partners on issues of labor rights and health.”

AFT President Rhonda “Randi” Weingarten and Coke Director of Global Workplace Rights Ed Potter inked a deal March 23 that reverses the union’s boycott and establishes a new relationship with the beverage giant.

According to the new resolution, the union “will collaborate with Coca-Cola Company in areas where we have a strong mutual interest, such as the elimination of hazardous child labor and advocating for increased educational opportunities for children as the best way to eliminate the poverty that is the root cause of child labor,” according to Corporate Crime Reporter.

The resolution, posed to the AFT website, contends “based on the multiple conversations and meetings since passage of the October 2014 policy (boycotting Coke), it’s clear the Coca-Cola Company has taken significant steps – many of which predate our boycott resolution – including working with global and local unions and other stakeholders to address workers’ rights and child labor issues …”

“Coca-Cola has agreed to work with the AFT on an ongoing basis to advance this work …,” according to the AFT resolution.

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Weingarten signed an agreement with Plotter to review their partnership plan once a year.

According to AFT.org, the parties agree to:

“Collaborate to identify local stakeholders in specific countries with expertise in education and/or addressing child labor to facilitate child labor due diligence studies.

“Facilitate the participation of AFT global affiliates Education International and Public Services International in local multistakeholder convenings, as needed.

“Collaborate on approaches to the remediation of child labor (when it is identified) and the advancement of school attendance, including engaging with a broader group of stakeholders, as needed.”

Weingarten said “when we find ways to benefit the common good, by labor and corporations working together – in this instance, addressing child labor and the safety of workers who want to form unions – then we should,” Weingarten said at a signing ceremony that also included U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, who sits on the Coca-Cola board of directors.

The agreement has infuriated the left, including many AFT members and child labor activists.

“It is not the proper role of the American Federation of Teachers to partner with child predators, such as Coca-Cola,” Gary Ruskin, with U.S. Right to Know, told Corporate Crime Reporter.

“By partnering with a child predator, the AFT’s agreement will undermine the moral authority of teachers nationwide. That is a regrettable outcome for teachers, schools, and especially our children, who deserve so much better from their teachers,” he said.