Police kept the drive-through open at the busy city centre intersection as several hundred protestors pounded on drums and held signs that read: 'I'm Not Lovin' It'.

Farmworkers Rolando Sales said that he and his colleagues, who must fill 125 buckets to make $50 (£30) a day, are being exploited so that McDonald's can buy cheap tomatoes. 'We put the food on the table for families all over this country' Mr Sales said in Spanish. 'We are asking McDonald's to take some responsibility as a corporation.'

The rally was organised by the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which represents the largely Hispanic work force. The coalition is urging consumers to pressure McDonald's to support a campaign to boost wages for more than 3,000 Florida pickers. They're proposing a penny per pound increase in pay.

A McDonald's spokewoman said on Saturday that the company had contracted an independent research group to study the farmworkers conditions and the potential impact of their proposal.  
 
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