Higher gas prices fuel fear over inflation

April 13, 2021

Gasoline prices were up 9.1 percent in March, driving a 0.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index, slightly higher than what economists were expecting. Core inflation prices, which do not include food and fuel, were up 0.1 percent from February.

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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.