Retail’s September Sales Disappoint

October 12, 2007

A survey of 77 economists by Bloomberg News shows retail sales rose by 0.2 percent in September. Housing woes and a lack of consumer confidence are given for the low increase.

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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.