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Burger King Caught Smearing Farmworker Struggle

by Desi Burnette, Media Mobilizing Project | 04.28.2008

Today in Miami, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies will deliver over 75,000 petitions to Burger King's headquarters. The signatures are a call on the fast-food giant to work with the CIW to eliminate modern-day slavery and human rights abuses from Florida’s fields. The CIW hopes that this delivery will bring Burger King one step closer to the negotiating table for the fair wages and safe working conditions. Ironically, today's petition delivery is happening in the midsts of news that the vice president of Burger King, Steve Grover was directly involved in a smear campaign against the Coalition.

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  A Fort Meyers News-Press article published today, details how the high-level executive frequented blogs where the CIW was posting it's media and left libelous messages in an attempt to discredit the coalitions' campaign for fair food. Grover was outed by his daughter, whose online screen name he used to post some of the vicious comments.

This is the second article in recent weeks that has brought to light the use of unethical tactics against the CIW in their current campaign against Burger King. Earlier this month, it was reported that a corporate security and investigative firm, Diplomatic Tactical Services, was attempting to infiltrate the organization by posing as eager students who listened in on SFA conference calls. 

The 75,000 plus people who signed the CIW's petition have declared that they are ready to stop giving Burger King their business until they agree to the Coalition's demands of one-penny-more per pound of tomatoes picked, decent working conditions and that they take a stand against forced labor in the fields.

To sign the CIW's Petition Against Modern Day Slavery , visit www.ciw-online.org

 

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