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Burger King Acts Injustly

Recently, some fellow church members and many people from around our city have been protesting against Burger King for acting injustly against several Honduran BK employees. There have been demonstrations all over the country in different cities trying to raise awareness and keep people from eating at Burgur King.

Still Waiting for Severance Pay, Ex-Burger King Employee Survives on Sugar-Water

Burger King execs are gloating over the success of the recently released “Enormous Omelet Sandwich,” a 730-calorie belly-buster that breakfasters across the U.S. are gobbling down with glee.

Meanwhile, ex-Burger King employee Karla Padilla and her two young daughters would be happy to get that many calories in an entire day.

In recent weeks Padilla and her daughters, Maria ( 2 ) and Iveth ( 9 ), survived for days at a time on nothing but sugar water.  Thanks to illegal actions by a BK franchisee which deprived her of employment and legally mandated severance pay, Padilla simply didn’t have the money to eat anything else.

Padilla is one of 27 ex-employees of Burger King, Church’s Chicken, and Little Caesar’s restaurants in the Central American country of Honduras who were fired without just cause, pre-notification, or exit pay—all of which are required by Honduran law.  The franchises involved are all run in Honduras by one company, Tourism Investments ( INTUR ).

Here’s some press coverage:

Princton University
Grand Rapids Press
Canada.com
Winnipeg Sun
i-newswire.com (See quote above)
i-newswire.com