The fast-food giant Burger King has fired an executive for making derogatory online comments about a group seeking higher pay for tomato pickers. Burger King Vice President Steven Grover was found to have used his daughter’s online alias to make false and defamatory comments about the Coalition for Immokalee Workers. The Coalition has waged a campaign to lobby Burger King to raise its tomato payments by a penny a pound. Burger King also says it’s cut ties with a private investigative firm that spied on a coalition ally. The firm, Diplomatic Tactical Services, infiltrated the Student Farmworker Alliance to monitor its activities. Burger King’s actions came to light after an expose by the Southwest Florida News-Press.
Burger King Fires Exec, Investigator for Targeting Tomato Pickers
HeadlineMay 16, 2008