Farmers not lovin' tomato-picking pay

[liberal N proud]

McDonald's studying impact of penny-a-pound wage increase
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Farmworker advocates crowded the sidewalk outside McDonald's flagship restaurant Saturday, demanding better wages for the people who pick the tomatoes used by the fast-food giant.

Police officers kept the drive-thru open at the busy downtown intersection as several hundred protesters pounded on drums and held signs that read "I'm Not Lovin' It" -- a play on McDonald's advertising slogan.

Rolando Sales, 26, said workers who must fill 125 buckets to make $50 a day are being exploited so that McDonald's can purchase tomatoes at a low price.

"We put food on the table for families all over this country," Sales said in Spanish. "We are asking McDonald's to take some responsibility as a corporation."

The rally was organized by the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which represents the largely Hispanic work force.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/01/mcdonalds.farmers.ap/index.html

[LostinVA]

1. If they want to be taken seriously, they need too speak English first

Furriners. Don't they know Americans are lining up to be exploited like this? Get over it...

:sarcasm: