CHICAGO Burger King Corp. is the next target in a campaign to increase pay and improve working conditions for Florida farm workers, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, or CIW, reportedly announced Friday at a rally near Chicago. AFlorida-based farm-worker advocacy group, the CIW was in Chicago to celebrate an agreement signed earlier this month with Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's Corp. The chain agreed to pay an additional penny per pound for tomatoes purchased for U.S. ...
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