The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a group of tomato pickers from South Florida, fought a long campaign against Burger King, asked for a penny-per-pound pay increase for picking the tomatoes that end up in Burger King’s food.
6 months later, Burger King agreed to the CIW’s demand of a pay raise, and I wrote this update.
I also did a radio story about the Burger King campaign for Latino USA. Listen to it here: