Labor contracts enable associates to defend themselves

June 28, 2022

Associates that have sought to defend themselves or others when physical attacks took place in stores often found themselves unemployed afterward. Labor unions are now negotiating self-defense rules into new deals as attacks against associates have jumped since the novel coronavirus pandemic began in the U.S.

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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.