Second Quarter GDP Grows 3.3 Percent

September 29, 2004

The U.S. economy grew a better than expected 3.3 percent in the second quarter of the year. The first quarter’s growth rate was 4.5 percent.

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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.