Waffle House workers: ‘We work, we sweat, put $25 on our check!’

Waffle House workers: ‘We work, we sweat, put $25 on our check!’

ATLANTA—“We work, we sweat, put $25 on our check!” These were the words bouncing off buildings in downtown Atlanta on Friday during the 2026 National Jobs With Justice conference. Waffle House workers, flanked by labor allies, descended on the company’s Centennial Park location to raise the demand for higher wages and respect for workers’ organizing. Since 2023, the Union of Southern Service Workers has been waging a campaign against the Souther…