Magazine Claims Lead in Toy Exceeds Limit

October 19, 2007

The Canadian magazine Protégez-Vous claims that a line of plastic children’s blocks exceeds safety limits for lead. The manufacturer, Mega Brands, denied the report’s validity and attempted to block the publication of the article without success.

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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.