Dear friend,
Farm workers who toil to pick tomatoes for Burger King's
sandwiches earn 40 to 50 cents for every 32-pound bucket of
tomatoes they pick, a rate that has not risen significantly in
nearly 30 years. Workers would have to pick 2.5 tons of tomatoes
just to earn minimum wage for a typical 10-hour day.
But instead of joining other fast-food chains in paying an extra
penny per pound for its tomatoes, this Christmas Burger King is
working to undermine those chains' existing agreements with the
Coalition for Immokalee Workers. As a result, tomato pickers in
Florida are facing the prospect of losing the first significant
raise some of them have seen in nearly 30 years.
I just told Burger King to stop being a Scrooge and and start
paying farm workers fair wages - will you join me?
http://go.sojo.net/campaign/burgerking_scrooge?rk=O7w9LjdqwQbFW
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