Big chains intent on keeping essential workers

March 6, 2023

Retailers including Costco, Kroger, Target and Walmart are looking to protect the investments in frontline workers made in recent years by engaging in labor hoarding. That’s the practice of holding onto workers during a downturn, even when cutbacks are justified.

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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.