Wednesday, April 23, 2008

What a Whopper


There is a human rights crisis in Florida's fields. Farm laborers are being paid poverty wages while working long hours without overtime pay. There is even physical abuse and wage fraud by crew leaders, supervisors, and growers.

There is a simple solution. Workers have asked Burger King to pay just one penny more per pound for tomatoes and ensure that the increase is passed on to tomato pickers in the form of increased wages. While other fast food corporations have already agreed to this small change, Burger King has so far refused to help workers out of poverty.

Sign the petition today and stand up for workers.

Our friends at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have been championing farm laborers' rights for years. We worked with them to take on McDonalds and Taco Bell and won.

We'll win this one, too.

4 Comments:

At 4/24/2008, Blogger superdave524 said...

Alright, it's been, like, almost a day since Kate posted this. Isn't anyone going to say it? Anyone? See, this is why every town, virtual or otherwise, needs an idiot. Sadly, that appears to be me. Okay, er, ahem. "What a Whopper". If I had a nickel for every time I heard that...

 
At 4/24/2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

President McCain

 
At 4/24/2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now, if these workers were here legally, they wouldn't have wage problems.

 
At 4/24/2008, Blogger kate said...

SuperDave: "That's what she said."

 

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