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Former Coca-Cola Co. employees in Venezuela are threatening to occupy a local facility to demand severance pay, the state-run Bolivarian News Agency (ABN) reported.

José Chirinos, a legislator from central Carabobo state who spoke to the ABN media outlet on behalf of the former workers late Saturday, said that an assembly of roughly 4,000 former employees would consider the proposal at an Oct. 29 meeting. He did not say when or why the workers were laid off.

“Through a trick … (the company) hasn’t paid thousands of workers what they are owed,” Chirinos said.

Company representatives could not be reached for comment. The U.S.-based company owns four bottling units and 34 distribution centers in Venezuela.

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