What's a Penny Worth?
...A little bit of dignity for those who labor in the fields picking tomatoes for Burger King, Mickey D's and other fast food chains....
Please add your name on the petition to "Stop the Servitude"....Nearly a year ago, Burger King’s top competitor, McDonald’s, signed a groundbreaking agreement to pay a penny more per pound to workers harvesting tomatoes, which means the workers get 72 cents to 77 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes they pick, up from 40 cents to 45 cents.
But Burger King, the world’s second-largest hamburger chain, has rejected working with the CIW to improve farm workers’ wages and conditions. - aflcio and indybay
