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In The News

RESTAURANT WORKERS WIN OWNERSHIP OF THEIR TIPS

  • March 22, 2018
  • In The News, Press, ROC News

Omnibus Budget Bill Includes Protections Ensuring Tips Belong to Workers Washington, DC—Restaurant workers and their allies scored a historic victory today, winning bipartisan support from members of Congress and the administration to include a provision in the omnibus budget bill…

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BREAKING: Congressional Budget, After Restaurant Worker Pressure On DOL #TipTheft Rule, Includes Tip Protection!

BREAKING: Congressional Budget, after restaurant worker pressure on DOL #TipTheft rule, includes Tip Protection!

  • March 22, 2018
  • Featured, Front Page News, In The News, ROC News

Organizing works, and we just proved it! The Congressional budget bill now includes a provision to protect tips as the property of workers! Following the momentum of 350,000 restaurant workers, their allies, and YOU coming together to push back on…

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TRUMP LABOR DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO RESTAURANT WORKER PRESSURE

TRUMP LABOR DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO RESTAURANT WORKER PRESSURE

  • March 14, 2018
  • Featured, Front Page News, In The News, ROC News

ROC Commends Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Katherine Clark (MA-05) for introducing the Tip Income Protection (TIP) Act After months of submitting public comments from workers, employers and consumers, conducting protests in front of Department of Labor buildings, and obtaining press…

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New York Times Confirms ROC One Fair Wage Research

New York Times Confirms ROC One Fair Wage Research

  • March 13, 2018
  • Featured, Front Page News, In The News, ROC News

For years, ROC United has been positing and pioneering the connection between sexual harassment and the subminimum wage for tipped restaurant workers. Yesterday, the New York Times published this powerful report confirming our research, based on interviews with more than 60 servers…

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NEW REPORT: Wait Staff And Bartenders Depend On Tips For More Than Half Of Their Earnings

NEW REPORT: Wait Staff and Bartenders Depend on Tips for More Than Half of Their Earnings

  • January 11, 2018
  • Featured, Front Page News, In The News, ROC News

Restaurant servers and bartenders could lose control of a large portion of their earnings, if a proposed rule change by the Trump Labor Department goes into effect. This new report from NELP and ROC United shows that tipped workers stand…

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#TIMESUP: ROC United President Saru Jayaraman Walks Red Carpet At Golden Globes To Raise Awareness Of Sexual Harassment Crisis In The Restaurant Industry

#TIMESUP: ROC United President Saru Jayaraman Walks Red Carpet at Golden Globes to Raise Awareness of Sexual Harassment Crisis in the Restaurant Industry

  • January 7, 2018
  • Featured, Front Page News, In The News, ROC News

Today, Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United President Saru Jayaraman walks the red carpet at the Golden Globes as the invited guest of actor Amy Poehler, to raise awareness of the epidemic of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry. Saru and…

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NY Gov. Cuomo Addresses One Fair Wage At State Of The State Speech

NY Gov. Cuomo Addresses One Fair Wage at State of the State Speech

  • January 4, 2018
  • Featured, Front Page News, In The News, Press, ROC News

ROC United Applauds Gov. Cuomo for Proposal to Investigate Eliminating Subminimum Wage System in New York State Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the Commissioner of Labor to hold hearings to examine eliminating the subminimum wage system in his annual…

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Saru Jayaraman Discusses Sexual Harassment In The Workplace W/ Roundhouse Radio

Saru Jayaraman Discusses Sexual Harassment In The Workplace w/ Roundhouse Radio

  • November 30, 2017
  • Featured, In The News, ROC News

What can we do about the epidemic of sexual harassment in America's restaurants? Listen to ROC co-founder Saru Jayaraman speak to Roundhouse Radio about her recent article in Buzzfeed calling for real policy change that shifts the balance of power…

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Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin Kick Off One Fair Wage Campaign In Michigan

Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin Kick Off One Fair Wage Campaign in Michigan

  • September 11, 2017
  • Featured, Front Page News, Home News, In The News, ROC News

  ROC United has joined a coalition of restaurant workers and workers’ rights groups to file ballot language that seeks to eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers and raise the minimum wage to $12/hr in Michigan. Once the state…

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The Racist History Of Tipping

The racist history of tipping

  • September 6, 2017
  • Featured, Front Page News, Home News, In The News, ROC News

A fascinating video created by Splinter Video shines an important light on the racist history of tipping in America. In the years following the Civil War, newly freed blacks flocked to major cities to find work. Many found their way…

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