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What's Really So Frightening About Burger King's $1 Double Cheeseburgers

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2009.
There is so much wrong with a $1 burger, it's hard to know where to start.

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

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 17, 2009.
Goldman Sachs has been having it their way with Burger King workers for too long.

Burger King Serves Up Cultural Imperialism

Jon Steinman, Deconstructing Dinner. December 30, 2008.
BK's new advertising campaign proudly celebrates the cultural imperialism that Americans have become so famous for.

Farmworkers Beat Burger King, But Face Resistance From Growers

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. July 31, 2008.
Opposition from growers has halted the implementation of a deal ensuring fairer treatment of Immokalee farmworkers.

Why is Burger King Spying on Student Labor Organizers?

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. May 15, 2008.
The fast-food company tries to hide its anti-labor practices.

Is Burger King Spying on Labor Activists?

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. May 7, 2008.
"If you're a student in Virginia, how do you get access to a Burger King internal document?"

Cops Who Ate Pot Burger Unhappy with Cooks' Sentences

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2008.
Probation isn't enough for a little prank?

Bankers Squeeze Burger King, and Tomato Pickers Lose

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 3, 2007.
Florida tomato pickers started a protest march last week at the Miami office of investment bank colossus Goldman Sachs. For good reason.

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