August Retail Sales in U.S. Get Off to a Weak Start

August 9, 2005

The International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS said in a joint report that U.S. chain store sales slumped 0.8 percent in the week ended Aug. 6, compared with a 0.9 percent increase the previous week.

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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.