The farmers and their Maitland-based lobbying group have refused to pass on to workers the extra penny that McDonald's, Yum! Brands and Burger King are paying. So the money -- now more than $110,000 -- piles up in escrow... The [Coalition of Immokalee Workers] has proved it can make businesses mighty uncomfortable. It has organized boycotts, staged marches and conducted hunger strikes to force higher wages. It has exposed slavery rings... What the coalition considers justice, the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange calls extortion... The exchange initially threatened any grower who passed that money on to workers with a $100,000 fine, though it recently withdrew that. Still, it tells members not to participate... "There's no legal reason we need to do this," Brown said. Growers also dispute the idea that migrants make poverty wages... [also refers to Taco Bell (part of Yum!)]