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That's a good and practical idea. :) But sadly, most of the people working on farms that provide the goods to BK aren't landowners. They're hired by the farmer, and they can take home any extra vegetables they want (within reasonable quantity) for personal consumption... The land it's farmed on, stays with his/her employer though. Right, the employers aren't that great.

I agree with you, I think Burger King is going to tell the workers if they're going to get a raise or not, if they say no I'm guessing a mass strike and boycott will take place.

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For a pretty obvious reason. Why start out with going on strike, when instead you can use less harmful methods. If the farmers already go on strike, that means they're losing wat little money they get, and Burger King looses a lot of tomatoes which makes them extra mad. Probably they would give them a raise if they're weren't getting any tomatoes but I think the farmworkers are trying to be nice, and give BK a chance before striking.

I guess my niece was exagerating too when foam came out from her mouth and her eyes dead. I am going to bed before I say something that will probably get me banned. I really can't stand idiots like this.. I honestly don't know much about this issue, but either you're making up crap or over exaggerating things. And dude, sorry about your niece, if that actually happened. But, like I said, I just think your post is over exaggerated. I could be wrong, though. What do you mean IF? Why would I make up something serious like that?! And just to fill in some gaps, her eyes went dead. I"m not sure how to explain it, but they went all white, and she started foaming and having a seizure basically. Did this just happen to me and my family? WRONG. It was all over the news, a massive recall on their peanut butter. They gave people a number, and if your peanut butter had the last 4 numbers as 1111, then it was the bad kind and you had to return it, we had 3 jars of peanut butter like that. We told everyone at work too about it so they wouldn't get sick. And here's the twisted thing of it all... the company KNEW it had the disease it in, but thought it wouldn't hurt us because the flames or whatever they do to make peanut butter, would kill it out and it would be safe. Yeah thats right.. they knew it had a disease and didn't even TEST it after making a single jar, and sent out 1000's to the population, and tons of people got sick, including my niece. So anyone who thinks corperations care or this is a 1 time incident can go stfu and screw themselfs, it only shows how ignorant you are. Yah, maybe I should listen to the guy named "Led-Zeppelin" and probably doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Maybe one day, you'll have a life-death situation on your hands due to some corperation trying to squeeze money, and just MAYBE you'll wake up from your isolated utopia box were corperations "really do" care. As they say on this forum, greed is human nature, even if it takes human life, doesn't stop them from trying[/hide]. Yeah, and you can go back to hating the world? Sour grapes mate, sour grapes. Even though huge corperations squeeze money, they do alot of good in the community and give alot of money back (even though they have their reasons, appearing good in the public eye, publicity etc.) it's still better then the local fruit and veg shop down the road isn't it? I would disagree, corporations usually reap third world countries and poor people in order to gain their profits. The money they give back to the community is nowhere near their profits. The local fruit and veg shop down the road might be better, plus you're supporting people from your community that are getting good wages. That's my opinion.

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They'd just be paying back something that is long overdue. Most professions get their pay adjusted every year according to inflation... How come these guys' pay rate hasn't been adjusted for two decades? BK should consider themselves lucky they aren't being sued for the amounts they'd lawfully own to those farmers, by keeping their pay at 1978 levels. Adding $0.01 per pound of tomato is actually a ridiculously easy and cheap way for them out of this situation. Not just that, but they will reverse their negative publicity they've been recieving over this upon doing so. Right Publicity is the main factor that is going to put the heat on BK. That's how they got Mcdonalds and Taco Bell to change mainly.

I'm not really an economy whiz either but let's dig up inflation statistics. :) $5 bucks in the year 1978 is $1.50 in 2007. Which means, if something cost $5 in 1978, it would cost about $16 bucks in 2007. Yet, these farmers are still recieving their old salary, which by modern standards has less than two dollars of purchasing power compared to 1978 (when the salary was set). That's pretty sad.. Edit- You can also use inflation calculators like this one for sums different than $5. You'll still get the same results as above, give or take a few cents (I just did rough calculation based on inflation). However that calculator only goes up to the year 2006 but you get the point Thanks Great resource for inflation

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Thanks for not supporting BK, if you have friends that go there, tell them please. I'm no economy wiz or math wiz either. BlueLancer, I'll leave this up to you

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:lol: Kebab > Burger. You'd be surprised at the power of social networking, and naÃÆÃâÃâïve to think viral campaigns don't work. Just a reminder, Jagex spent a grand total of $0 on advertising, all of their business originates from the close friends of Andrew and Paul who spread the word on Runescape to their friends, they told their friends, their friends posted about it on a forum, those forum readers directed it to reviewers, reviewers hooked more people on the game, etc... And it ended up in a business which has over 1 million people paying $5 a month to play a game. GordanFreeman there are many flaws in your post. BlueLancer pointed out the first one, which yes this is grassroots, and if people tell people tell people it explodes / what BlueLancer said. Sure, people on these forums may not eat at Burger King, but their friends might, and they could tell them. See ? (its common sense) Of course us tip.iters might not be the leading force in this choice, but it's called grassroots. I doubt you've ever heard of it. It means everyone pitches in and make's it big. Your attitude, shown in your post is something along the lines of " i'm just one person, what can i do? im just gonna be lazy and not get involved. " You said " I personally don't (and have never) gotten tomatoes on anything at fast food places, so I think I'll go ahead and keep eating at BK. Angel " That's got to be one of the stupidest things someone has ever posted in my opinion. First of all, just because you don't eat the tomatoes at BK, your still supporting them. Duh. You think if you don't eat the tomatoes but you go there, you aren't doing anything bad. Wow. I don't think I need to go into anymore detail. ~~~~~~~ Kashi, every bucket is 32 pounds. Maybe that explains a bit more. That means instead of 40 - 50 cents per bucket , they get a extra 32 cents. Make sense? :P

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You. Evry1. Lol Are we doing this too much? Noes, we must do it more. Indeed. Yeah ok I went to thiejse's party. Pked ammo Was it good? Sure . Hey all, thanks for all the posts, support, it really helps. Took a big algebra test, think I did good, my average in that class isnt the greatest >.> Hey dogman, long time no waffle. =D Glad to see you still on tif.. Thx thiejse, wouter, paul, and etp =D Time to go post on all your blogs. No problem Got 55 mage paul was there and got 29 smithing - through quest done thanks for support everyone

My sarcasm is that it isn't surprising that big business is screwing the little guy. I don't think you are a farmworker. I was kidding, suggesting that if you don't want to have to pick tomatoes without a raise, you should stay in school. Your lack of human emotion comprehension makes me think you have autism. I hate to burst your idealistic bubble, but there is nothing i can do. Nor would i do it if i cared. It is their own free choice to work this lame job. Granted they are probably in Mexico, where there are very poor jobs and they pay very poorly. But still, it isn't my fault they work for Burger King. It isn't like that is the only job you could work (Just in case anyone brings up the recent writers strike. That is a terrible analogy so nobody even try. I know you are all out there trying to prove me wrong). So why not look for another job? Now, i am just as angry at everyone else at Burger King, but it isn't like they have to work there. A lot of the workers there are almost indentured because of debt and other things. Also, there are people that are good at picking tomatoes, they've done it fro a long time, and they don't have other job skills. They can't just get up and become a writer or a clerk. No , I don't have autism, your post was really kinda of.. lame in my opinion. Sarcasm can be better. This is in Florida, you obviously didn't click the link.

If you wanna try to help them, begin to boycott Burger King and tell your friends. It makes a difference. Grass Roots Up!

I guess my niece was exagerating too when foam came out from her mouth and her eyes dead. I am going to bed before I say something that will probably get me banned. I really can't stand idiots like this.. What happened to her? Your posts don't agree with each other. (Maybe it was just a typo). I'm not sure if the maker of that peanut butter knew if there was bacteria in it. Its possible that only that single jar was infected. Either way I'm sorry for your loss. Yah, I'm sorry. The thing about capitolism isn't written that well :P so it probably seems very over hyped. Also, can we get back on topic? Posts about the thread/farmworkers have not appeared for a while.

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Right, thats how most corporations are, that's how capitolism is. :x Sorry about your niece. A little off topic though :P Mprez, we all have to make personal sacrifices, bu it's the right thing to do usually.

Yes, it's not slave labor but I think it's pretty close. Sometimes they can't leave also, the employers trick some of the workers into debt to maximize profits. :x Yah, I've heard about that , but not with any specifics. Sweatshops are real common on those small islands I've heard and of course, the marines and other army units help the corporations, and overthrow local peace. Just makes me mad.. :x