Unemployment Remains Low and Hourly Wages Rise in June Report

July 7, 2006

The Labor Department said today that unemployment held steady at 4.6 percent, but hourly pay rose 3.9 percent in June vs. year ago, the biggest such gain in five years.

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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.