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youtube.com - 2/17/2009

Who's Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line? (video)

— youtube.com — http://warongreed.org/What would you do with an extra $18,000 in your pocket?That's the amount of extra cash each... and every Burger King employee in America w... (more) Who's Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty ...

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openleft.com - 2/21/2009

Burger King Bailout Shocker

— openleft.com — Here's a Wall Street whopper for you.  Goldman Sachs, where former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was once... CEO, switched from an investment bank to a bank holding company last year so it could qualify for $10 billion in bailout funds.  They ... (more) Burger King Bailout Shocker

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openleft.com - 2/23/2009

Forcing Burger King to Backtrack on Employee Free Choice

— openleft.com — All week long, Brave New Films, SEIU and many progressive bloggers have been holding Burger King's feet... to the deep fryer.  Together we exposed Burger King's horrendous working conditions ; launched a contest asking people to Have It Their Way ... (more) Forcing Burger King to Backtrack on Employee Free Choice

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Breaking: Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... 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-... Full story & Flicker video at link ...

Forcing Burger King to Backtrack on Employee Free Choice
Open Left - Front Page — ... ?  Why did Goldman Sachs spend $15,849,000 in 2008 alone lobbying against the Employee Free Choice?  And why, as SEIU's Michael Whitney noted, has Burger King fought this legislation through their involvement with the National Retail Federation, which stands firmly behind an anti-union group called the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace? ...

Indications are that Americans are now paying a steep price for our shocking national disdain for labor unions
DownWithTyranny! — ... ? Why did Goldman Sachs spend $15,849,000 in 2008 alone lobbying against the Employee Free Choice? And why, as SEIU's Michael Whitney noted, has Burger King fought this legislation through their involvement with the National Retail Federation, which stands firmly behind an anti-union group called the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace? ...