In 1985, a Coca-Cola employee was fired for her engagement to a Pepsi employee.
Amanda Blake of Northampton, Massachusetts had worked for Coke for 8 years when her employer discovered that she was engaged to David Cronin, who had previously worked for Coke and had left to work for Pepsi.
Blake was given three choices by her employer: break off the engagement, persuade him to quit his job at Pepsi, or quit her position at Coke. When she refused, she was fired for a “conflict of interest.”
A $600,000 lawsuit was filed, and a “satisfactory” settlement was reached in 1987. The couple were later married.
Lawsuit Settled in Dismissal Over Coke-Pepsi Love Match (AP, The New York Times: March 29, 1987)
donfelicedon2 on March 27th, 2018 at 23:55 UTC »
8 years in the job should have given her more than cheap and dirty blackmail
Powellwx on March 27th, 2018 at 23:54 UTC »
Fuckin' Cola Wars were serious shit back in the day!
still-at-the-beach on March 27th, 2018 at 23:11 UTC »
Wouldn't that be illegal. It's hard to believe.
Ah, reading it , it was illegal and they got a payout.