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Biggest Names in Restaurant Industry Behind National Campaign to Ban Paid Sick Days for WorkersJune 19, 2013Paid Sick Leave Laws Preemptively Voided By Republican Governors by Dave Jamieson crossposted via Huffington Post  WASHINGTON – Polls have shown most Americans like the idea of requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave to workers who fall ill. In fact, the idea is. . . Read More ›
 
 
Realizing The Dream: How the Minimum Wage Impacts Racial Equity in the Restaurant Industry and In AmericaJune 19, 2013On June 19th, 2013 ROC United along with the Applied Research Center (ARC), Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Center for New Community (CNC), Color of Change, The Greenlining Institute, Jobs With Justice (JWJ), National Council of La Raza (NCLR),. . . Read More ›
 
 
Time for a Raise in the Minimum WageJune 10, 2013By Amy Goodman (crossposted via Truthdig) The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is rapidly approaching, commemorating the historic Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington. But 45 years ago, 1968, the year of his. . . Read More ›
 
 
The Future of the Restaurant IndustryMay 17, 2013The National Restaurant Association is hosting their annual 4-day show in Chicago tomorrow through the 21st, boasting about “shaping the future” of the industry. Predictably, a notable sector of the restaurant industry is missing from this 4-day jamboree: the workers. The. . . Read More ›
 
 
NYC Council Passes Earned Sick Time Act, But Many Workers Don’t Get What They DeserveMay 8, 2013Regarding the today’s passage of the Earned Sick Time Act, the Food Chain Workers Alliance & ROC-NY released the following statement:. . . Read More ›
 
 
Where Are You Taking Your Mom to Eat This Mothers’ Day?May 7, 2013- More than a quarter of the almost 6 million women who work in U.S. restaurants are moms, and one in 10 are single mothers. - Restaurant serving staff have three times the poverty rate and use food stamps at double the rate of the rest. . . Read More ›
 
 
Florida Legislation Tramples Local Rights for Restaurant WorkersMay 3, 2013“Today Tallahassee lawmakers took away my ability and the nearly 90 percent of Miami-Dade restaurant workers who don’t have sick days, to pass a Miami-Dade Earned Sick Time law that we so desperately need so we can take a day off. . . Read More ›
 
 
A May Day Special VisionTalk: ROC’s Saru Jayaraman on Building a MovementMay 2, 2013Yesterday, Center for Media Justice released the latest installment of VisionTalk featuring ROC United co-director and co-founder Saru Jayaraman. In honor of May Day, she discusses what it takes to build a movement for restaurant workers. VisionTalk is a multi-media series designed to spark a dialog about social movement. . . Read More ›
 
 
Alternative Restaurant Association, RAISE, Announced Today!April 17, 2013Today, we’re excited to announce the formation of RAISE (Restaurants Advancing Industry Standards in Employment), an alternative restaurant association of nearly 100 business owners across the country aimed at supporting business owners and employers—and the workers they employ. The announcement. . . Read More ›
 
 
Saru Jayaraman Talks with Bill Maher about Tipped Minimum WageApril 15, 2013Last Friday, ROC-United Co-Director and Co-Founder, Saru Jayaraman sat down to chat with Bill Maher and guests on Real Time With Bill Maher on the history of the tipped minimum wage and why it’s been frozen at $2.13/hour for the. . . Read More ›
 
 
 
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