Americans Work on Weekends

June 23, 2011

Weekends were once thought of as a time to recharge. Increasingly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, Saturday and Sunday are being used to finish what couldn’t get done during the workweek.

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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.