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seiu.org - 2/21/2009

Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act

— 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 ... (more) Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act

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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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dailykos.com - 2/21/2009

Burger King? Really? Who knew?

— dailykos.com — 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: ... (more) Burger King? Really? Who knew?

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Indications are that Americans are now paying a steep price for our shocking national disdain for labor unions
DownWithTyranny! — Have you seen this Brave New Films video (brought to us here by WarOnGreed.org)? A sustained campaign built around it has won some still-too-limited concessions from Burger King -- see below. "When I mentioned the word 'union,' I was told never, ...

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The Sideshow — "Indications are that Americans are now paying a steep price for our shocking national disdain for labor unions," and Goldman Sachs, the owner of Burger King - a company that's been charged with paying workers below minimum wage and other crimes - is one of them. You know those bonuses they gave themselves with your money? Well, those bonuses would have paid every Burger King worker more than their average annual salary if that money had been distributed among them, instead. And they still have plenty for their union-suppressing activities. Progressives have launched action against them (don's miss Brave New Films' "Who's Keeping ...