This Saturday, ROC Co-Director and Co-Founder, Saru Jayaraman will discuss important issues facing the restaurant industry with Melissa Harris-Perry, host of MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Show. As Saru Jayaraman chronicles in her new book, Behind The Kitchen Door, the restaurant industry…
On this installment of Heritage Radio Network's "Good Food" with Daniel Meyer, Saru calls in to talk about raising the minimum wage for tipped workers. Did you know that hourly wages for tipped workers across the country can dip as…
Saru Jayaraman recently sat down to chat with Sarah Henry of Bay Area Bites. Sarah is a prominent food journalist; in addition to writing for a variety of food-focused publications, Sarah runs the blog Lettuce Eat Kale. Saru's new book, Behind The Kitchen Door, argues that…
“New York should not let the hands that feed us go hungry. Restaurant workers are the largest group of full time workers living in poverty and they are being completely left out of this increase. We’re glad that New York…
This is all hands on deck! NY Senate Republicans and Independent Democrats are excluding tipped workers from the NY minimum wage increase. Please ask your friends, family, and allies to join this twitter TODAY. The NY bill would raise tipped workers…
Today, Philadelphia became the largest city in the country to provide its workers with paid sick days! Passing this bill would not have been possible without the leadership of restaurant workers and ROC-Philadelphia. Restaurant workers were the largest contingent present at…
Thursday, March 14th, the U.S. Senate will hold the first committee hearing on The Fair Minimum Wage Act (FMWA) of the 113th Congress. On Tuesday, March 5th U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) announced the introduction…
The restaurant industry is dependent on the work of immigrants. “Everybody, everybody in the restaurant industry employs undocumented workers,” Jayaraman says. The most difficult
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By Rick Paulas Cross-posted from KCET Food In her new book "Behind the Kitchen Door," Saru Jayaraman takes readers through a horrific landscape that will change the way you eat. But whereas most of the foodie movement is worried about…