Florida farmworkers pressure McDonald's for higher wages [View All]

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Police officers kept the drive-thru at McDonald's Corp.'s flagship restaurant open Saturday as several hundred supporters of a farmworker advocacy group demanded better wages for the people who pick the tomatoes used by the fast-food giant. snip

Members of the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which represents the largely Hispanic work force that picks tomatoes for growers who supply produce for McDonald's sandwiches and salads, organized the rally at a busy downtown intersection.

Demonstrators pounded on drums and held signs that read 'I'm Not Lovin' It' - a play on McDonald's advertising slogan - as speakers in yellow T-shirts painted a bleak picture of supposedly inhumane working conditions.

Rolando Sales, 26, said workers who must fill 125 buckets to make $50 a day are being exploited so that McDonald's can purchase tomatoes at a low price.