Food Associations to Merge

May 1, 2006

The Board of Directors of the Food Products Association (FPA) and the Executive Committee of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have agreed in principle to merge the two groups as of January 1 of next year.

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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.