A Major Win for Labor in the South

After months of organizing, southern Waffle House employees are finally getting a big raise.

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Waffle House Win!

Since September, Waffle House servers organizing with the Union of Southern Service Workers have: 

• Formed a leadership committee to develop demands and built worksite committees at over 30 locations across the South

• Launched demands on pay, safety and end to meal credit deduction  actions across the South

• Collected 13,000 signatures on a petition demanding an end to meal deductions and delivered the petition to corporate headquarters

• Held strikes and actions around safety, pay and meal deductions 

• Filed a petition with the Department of Labor demanding a review of the Waffle House meal deductions

Today, they got a big win.

Thousands of workers across the South are receiving increases in the “single largest additional investment” in the workforce in the company’s 68-year-history–the CEO said. By the time the increases are fully implemented, the tipped wage floor will jump by about $3/hour, to $5.25.

All the details are in this HuffPost exclusive by Dave Jamieson:

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