Conference on Childhood Obesity to Begin

July 14, 2005

A two-day workshop sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services will look at the issue of childhood obesity and the impact of food marketing on eating behavior.

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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.