dailykos.com - 2/21/2009
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Bailout Kings Goldman Sachs is a major shareholder in Burger King? Who knew? Brave New Films and the SEIU did, and they're not pleased with the fact that Goldman Sachs has been converting billions in TARP bailout funds into executive bonuses (read: stealing the money) while the workers at one ...
openleft.com - 2/21/2009
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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 ...
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Burger King Bailout Shocker
seiu.org - 2/21/2009
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seiu.org —
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 ...
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Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act
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Forcing Burger King to Backtrack on Employee Free Choice
Open Left - Front Page —
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 with Goldman Sachs (Burger King's top shareholder) for squandering $6.5 billion of the bailout on bonuses while average BK workers earn less than the federal poverty line; and staged peaceful demonstrations at Burger Kings across the country protesting the fast-food chain's low wages, lack of ...
Indications are that Americans are now paying a steep price for our shocking national disdain for labor unions
DownWithTyranny! —
... 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 with Goldman Sachs (Burger King's top shareholder) for squandering $6.5 billion of the bailout on bonuses while average BK workers earn less than the federal poverty line; and staged peaceful demonstrations at Burger Kings across the country protesting the fast-food chain's low wages, lack of healthcare, ...
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Forcing Burger King to Backtrack on Employee Free Choice
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