Food stamps help retail workers get by

April 3, 2014

The government doesn’t keep official figures, but it seems clear that large numbers of steadily employed retail workers rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to make ends meet.

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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.