Bitter herbs for Burger King executives

Bitter herbs for Burger King executives, and slavery makes headlines on Sojourners, AFL-CIO blogs nationally!…

Check out the report from the moving Interfaith prayer vigil outside Burger King headquarters in Miami this past Friday (right), where CIW members and religious allies from around the country gathered to remember lessons of the story of the Exodus and to call on Burger King to “honor the dignity of those who harvest its tomatoes by ensuring a fair wage…”

Meanwhile, bloggers across the country are beginning to pick up on the unending stream of slavery cases coming out of Florida’s fields. With strong new pieces on the Sojourners website and the AFL-CIO blog, labor and social justice observers are drawing the links between the exploitation of Florida farmworkers and the companies — restaurant companies like Burger King, and even the private equity companies like Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, and Texas Pacific Group that are increasingly major investors in the food industry — that have profited from that exploitation, no questions asked, for years. Don’t miss the great new updates!