Seattle Imposes Fee on Plastic Bags

July 29, 2008

Beginning on Jan. 1, shoppers in Seattle will need to bring their own bags or face a 20-cents per sack fee to use those supplied by stores.

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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.