Oil and Gas Prices Breaking Record Highs

April 21, 2008

An attack against a Japanese tanker off the coast of Yemen has caused the price of oil to jump to $117.40 a barrel. Separately, AA said average retail gas prices hit a record high of $3.503 a gallon last week.

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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.