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Burger King Refuses to Increase Pay for Farmworkers

HeadlineApr 29, 2008

In labor news, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has presented 85,000 petition signatures to the headquarters of Burger King. The coalition is urging Burger King to pay farmworkers an additional penny per pound of tomatoes picked. Burger King has so far refused the demand, despite similar agreements between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Yum Brands and McDonald’s. Meanwhile, the Fort Myers News-Press has revealed new information on Burger King’s covert attack on the farmworkers. The daughter of Burger King’s vice president admitted to the newspaper that her father used her email account to post online messages vilifying the farmworkers.

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