Workers say they are fed up of making poverty wages and the constant threat of in-store violence at the roadside diner chain - which is often seen as an icon of the working-class South.
The sweat on Gerald Green’s forehead started dripping into his eye as he manned the Waffle House grill in the Georgia heat this July. Green, who’s worked for the company since 2016, said the air conditioner wasn’t functioning when he began at this Atlanta location in the spring. The AC remained inoperable through the summer, with temperatures higher than normal, and the city’s average monthly high approaching 93 degrees in July. Green, 31, cleans and maintains the store on top of cooking as a
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