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BK agrees to play fair

A few weeks ago, we told you about Burger King's resistance to pay its tomato pickers an extra penny a pound,

Well, good news: they've decided to step it up and fork over the extra money. (Wow - big spenders, right?) But they, uh, generously decided to up it to 1.5 cents per pound, to cover payroll taxes and administrative costs.

But let's not get all excited and run out to buy BK burgers en masse. This is a decision they should have made in the first place, much like other fast food chains did.

In the meantime, BK is touting its new agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to further improve wages and the workers' livelihoods. Hopefully this isn't just all for show, and they really will pay more attention to the workers' needs.

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Filed Under: Food News, Ingredients, Fast Food
Tags: Burger King, BurgerKing, fruit, growers, Immokalee, payroll, tomatoes, wages

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Jack Stanton

5-31-2008 @12:04AM Jack Stanton said... This is ridiculous. They should not have given in to this...the workers were getting paid what they deserved. If they didn't want to work for that, they should have done something else...
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