NRF: Thanksgiving Weekend Flops

December 2, 2013

Total dollar purchases in stores and on websites fell nearly three percent for the first four days of the holiday selling season, despite an increase in the number of people who went shopping, according to a survey commissioned by the National Retail Federation.

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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.