Chain Store Sales Dropped Last Week

August 8, 2006

The International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS said sales at major retail chains were down 0.2 percent last week following a 0.9 percent increase the week before.

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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.