Second Analysis Paper Migrant Tomato Farm Workers article discusses the aspect of being one of the most backbreaking jobs in the nation. These tomato workers work 10 to 12 hours a day picking tomatoes by hand, earning compensation of about 45 cents for each 32-pound bucket. Furthermore, every day each migrant picks, transports and unloads two tons of tomatoes, and instead of trying to move forward and improve the quality of work and pay, tomato farmers keep the pay of migrant workers as low as possible. The reason for this is the pressure that tomato growers face to keep operating costs low. While some of the pressure comes from growing competition with Mexican growers, most of it has been forcibly applied by Florida's largest tomato buyer, American fast food chains. In 2005, Florida tomato pickers got their first pay raise since the 1970s, when Taco Bell ended a consumer boycott by agreeing to pay an extra cent per pound that will go directly to the pickers. Shortly thereafter, McDonald's agreed to a similar deal, raising its tomato pickers' wages to about 77 cents per bucket. However Burger King remained adamant in refusing to pay the extra cent, which action caused the tomato farmers to cancel their wage increase agreements with Taco Bell and Macdonald's. According to that news, the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange announced that it will not allow any of its members to collect the extra penny for farm workers, describing the surtax on poor migrants as “virtually un-American.” Additionally, Florida tomato growers have threatened a $100,000 fine for any grower who accepts an extra penny per pound as migrant wages. The organization claims that such a fine would violate “federal and state antitrust, labor, and racketeering laws.” Yet he didn't explain how that extra penny could violate those laws; nor did it explain why other surcharges routinely imposed by growers (for things like increased fuel costs) are perfectly legal. Burger King played a leading role in revoking pay raise offers and justifying its behavior by claiming it had no control over its suppliers' employment practices. To fix these human rights abuses, Burger King has suggested that poor South Florida farm workers need more money; they should apply for jobs in his restaurants.