860K Americans filed for unemployment last week

September 17, 2020

Six months into the coronavirus pandemic and the ranks of Americans seeking relief via unemployment insurance continue to remain very high. The total number of Americans filing unemployment claims rose to 29.7 million as of Aug. 29.

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Waffle House Workers Strike for Fair Pay and Better Working Conditions

Waffle House workers in Conyers, Georgia, are now on their third day of striking over what they call the company’s unfair policies. Led by the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), Waffle House employees are demanding an end to the mandatory “meal credit” deductions from their paychecks, along with better wages and improved working conditions.