Waffle House restaurants have developed a reputation for violent incidents over the years. In response, some employees in South Carolina have unionized, demanding better security and pay. Representatives for Waffle House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on this story. About two dozen other labor organizers joined the Waffle House workers for a three-day strike, backed by the newly formed Union of Southern Service Workers. Waffle House denied engaging in unfair labor practices in a letter to employees that was shared with the newspaper.

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Persons: Jenna Ortega, Marcello Hernández, I've, Jessica Gantt, Naomi Harris, Harris, Gantt, Shae Parker, Dominick Organizations: Workers, Service, Representatives, Waffle, Waffle House, Union of Southern Service Workers, Service Employees International Union, Columbia, Courier Locations: South Carolina, Wall, Silicon, Columbia, Union, North Carolina, Georgia