Breaking: Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act

[Omaha Steve]

Source: SEIU.org

By Michael Whitney

Under pressure from SEIU activists this week, Burger King scrambled to respond to allegations that it lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act while paying its workers poverty wages. In a statement issued Friday, Burger King apparently backed off its opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act:

"Burger King Corp. (BKC) believes unions serve a purpose in some workplaces and a number of its guests, vendors and franchisees have positive union membership experiences. BKC is not anti-union. BKC and its franchisees serve a diverse consumer base and, therefore, aim to remain neutral on political issues.

Now that it has recanted its opposition, we fully expect that Burger King will cease its expenditures on lobbying against the Employee Free Choice Act and either withdraw from business associations that also oppose the bill, or demand that those groups also stop lobbying against the Employee Free Choice Act.

Burger King spent $319,648 lobbying against the proposed legislation between 2006 and 2008 and has helped fund the fight against the bill through its involvement in the National Retail Federation, one of the organizations behind an anti-employee free choice group called the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace.


Read more: http://www.seiu.org/2009/02/breaking-burger-king-backs-off-opposition-to-employee-free-choice-act.php

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Full story & Flicker video at link too.

[FLAprogressive]

1. Anyone who thinks that EFCA will pass is crazy. The Senate/WH is too concerned with "bipartisanship"

And anything that DOES pass will be watered down crap.

[rurallib]

2. I can still hope, can't I? Maybe Harry will grow a spine yet.

[FLAprogressive]

3. pfft. good luck

[AndyTiedye]

4. "Bipartisanship" for Democrats Always Means