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• Rink workers iced for driving Zambonis to local Burger King

  - 2006-12-11

  BOISE, IDAHO -- Two hungry employees at a skating rink here were fired recently for making a midnight run for fast food in two city-owned Zambonis.

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• Incentives offered to new employees of fast-food restaurants in

  - 2005-11-07

  Fat signing bonuses and rising entry-level wages have made the fast-food industry one of the quickest job growth areas in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina.Burger King made the biggest splash in the fast-food sector by offering $6,000 signing bonuses for full- time workers who stay at Burger King a year. The...

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• Burger King CEO crowns 25 workers for 'Go Forward' excellence

  - 2005-10-03

  MIAMI -- Greg Brenneman, chief executive of Burger King Corp., gave special recognition to 25 employees by presenting them with the fast-food chain's Crowning Achievement Award for outstanding services to the company. Each awardee was singled out for high-level job proficiency and for exceeding business goals of the company's "Go...

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• Burger King Workers Get Paid after North Carolina Franchisee Goes Bankrupt.

  - 2003-12-03

  By Bonnie Eksten, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Bonnie Eksten, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Burger King Workers in Wilmington, N.C., Area Await Paychecks.

  - 2003-12-02

  By Bonnie Eksten, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Bonnie Eksten, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Laid Off Burger King Workers Get Offers from Fast Food Companies at Job Fair.

  - 2002-08-14

  By Diane Velasco, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Diane Velasco, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• The Lawrence Summers Memorial Award (*).(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-01

  THE DECEMBER 2001 LAWRENCE SUMMERS MEMORIAL AWARD (*) goes to Burger King. In October, the Associated Press reported that "about a dozen Burger King marketing department workers burned their feet last week when they walked over white-hot coals at a meeting intended to promote...

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• Burger King puts workers' feet to the fire

  - 2001-11-04

  A while back, I read a fascinating business-related article in my newspaper, The Miami Herald (official motto: "The Person Who Was Supposed To Think Up Our Motto Got Laid Off"). This article, which was written by Elaine Walker, concerned an incident wherein employees of the Burger King marketing department walked...

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• Florida Residents, Businesses Pitch In to Give Aid to Victims of Terrorism.

  - 2001-09-19

  The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 19--Under the warm afternoon sun Tuesday, employees and their families from Soyka's restaurants gathered in Lummus Park to turn a gigantic canvas into an American flag. The children painted stripes and used their ...

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• REMINDER/ Local 420, DC 37, AFSCME Hospital Workers to hold round-the-clock Vigil against Hospital sell-out of Cafeteria to Burger King; Workers Say, "Have it Our Way? No Burger King!"

  - 2000-07-28

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