Slave Labour: Burger King Needs Another Nudge

Imagine getting up before dawn, tramping a dusty road to the fields, and picking and carrying TWO TONNES of tomatoes before sunset. All for $50 (£25). 40 to 50 cents for each 32 pound bucket. Assuming you are not "owned" by a slaver. Five gangmaster rings including 1,000 slaves have been busted by the US Department of Justice in these Florida fields.

McDonalds have followed Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken in committing to do right by field workers in terms of wages and human rights. So far Burger King have refused to budge. They need another nudge.
This campaign is coordinated by a US Church network called Sojourners and you can join their e-list here. All faiths and none welcome.

The Burger King system operates more than 11,350 restaurants in all 50 states and in 58 countries and territories around the world. Ninety-one percent of Burger King restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. In fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, Burger King had system-wide sales of $11.3 billion. Visit the company's website at www.burgerking.com.

UPDATE: Burgerking URL is fixed, sorry.