Higher Energy Costs Drive CPI Up

February 20, 2004

Higher prices at the pump and home heating fuel drove the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up 0.5 percent in January, the largest increase in nearly a 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.