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One corporation that has refused to pay the extra penny is Burger King, despite the fact that it would cost them only $250,000 annually , its competitors have agreed to do it, and for workers it's the difference between a sub-poverty wage that hasn't been raised in twenty years and a decent one.
And it looks like Burger King's anti-labor activities run deeper than just its refusal to pay the extra cent. Amy Bennett Williams of the Fort Myers News-Press wrote a story last week that tied Burger King to "libelous" attacks via email and online posts against the Coalition of Immokalee Workers-- a respected anti-slavery group that has helped to prosecute six federal slavery cases and has been praised by the FBI, federal prosecutors, members of Congress, and civil rights organizations.
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Critics of Burger King could always open their own burger joint, and pay the workers whatever they want.
Same goes for critics of Wal-Mart.
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