ABOUT US

French teacher in his native Africa, Sekou Siby is a founding member of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York ROCNY, nonprofit workers’ center that organizes restaurant workers for improved working conditions in the NYC restaurant industry. 

A former cook at Windows on the World, atop the World Trade Center, Siby joined the ROC-NY staff in 2003 as a Community Organizer. While in this position, he spearheaded at least four campaigns, bringing hundreds of workers to victory against their employers. He has been one of the Co-Executive Directors of ROCNY from January 2008 to May 2012. 

Siby Joined ROC-United in June 2012 and holding the position of Deputy Director. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Phoenix and is the Executive Director of ROC-UNITED since September 2017.

President of ROC United & ROC Action (based in Oakland, California), co-founded ROC in New York after 9/11, together with displaced World Trade Center workers, which has organized those who work in restaurants to win workplace justice campaigns, conduct research and policy work, partner with responsible restaurants, and launch cooperatively-owned restaurants.

Fekkak Mamdouh came to the United States from Morocco in 1988 at the age of 27. He worked in New York City restaurants since he arrived, and finally moved to Windows on the World when it reopened in 1996. As a waiter at Windows, Mamdouh was always a staunch worker advocate.