Dems Look to Negotiate Better Drug Prices

January 17, 2007

The Senate is considering a bill, passed last week by the House, that would enable the government to directly negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to lower the cost paid by Medicare recipients for prescription medicines.

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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.