Food Prices Soar

March 18, 2011

Wholesale food prices in the U.S. jumped 3.9 percent in February over January, the highest monthly increase in 37 years, according to Labor Department figures.

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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.