Monday, November 19, 2007

Grrrr. Burg...grrrr...King.

Dear Jessica,

Farmworkers who pick tomatoes for Burger King 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 who
labor from dawn to dusk must pick two tons of tomatoes to earn
$50 in one day. Recently, McDonalds and others have agreed to
higher wages for these workers, but Burger King has not.

Tell Burger King to improve farmworker wages.
(http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/burgerking/w365g8xrpdeek6e?)

McDonald's and other fast-food chains, including Taco Bell and
Pizza Hut, have committed to increasing wages and enforcing
better working conditions in the fields. But Burger King-the
second-largest hamburger chain in the world-has so far refused
to work with farmworkers to improve wages for those who pick
their tomatoes.

Please tell Burger King (http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/burgerking/w365g8xrpdeek6e?) to join with
McDonald's and others in improving farmworker wages.

Thank you for supporting poor farmers both here and abroad.

Sincerely,

Tim Fullerton
Oxfam America

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