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Saru Jayaraman and ROC Restaurant Employer Partner, Andy Shallal, Featured in National Journal Cover Story on Immigration in Restaurants!March 13, 2013 The restaurant industry is dependent on the work of immigrants. “Everybody, everybody in the restaurant industry employs undocumented workers,” Jayaraman says. The most difficult restaurant jobs, such as dishwasher or fry cook, are usually filled by word-of-mouth references from other … Continue Reading... →

Saru Jayaraman Discusses ‘Behind The Kitchen Door’ & Fair Wages with KCET!March 7, 2013 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 the actual … Continue Reading... →

Saru Jayaraman’s Full Discussion with Chris Hayes of MSNBC’s ‘Up W/ Chris’March 3, 2013 Last Saturday, Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) was on Up with Chris Hayes with Celebrity Chef Tom Colicchio, Victoria of Restaurant Opportunities Center of Philadelphia, and a representative from the New York’s National Restaurant Association to discuss the state of food service … Continue Reading... →

ROC-United to be on Up W/ Chris Hayes this Saturday!February 28, 2013 Saru Jayaraman, ROC’s Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director will be on MSNBC’s Up W/ Chris Hayes this Saturday, March 2nd. She’ll discuss the importance of raising the tipped minimum wage, requiring earned sick days for restaurant workers, and other issues in her new … Continue Reading... →

ROC featured on CBS Evening News!February 27, 2013 Jason Michaud, ROC’s responsible employer partner and Tanya Delahousye, ROC Darden campaign member, were featured on a CBS Evening News piece on the lack of paid sick days in restaurants.

Review from YES! Magazine: A Book and a Movement that Will Change How You Eat.February 26, 2013 This review captures the purpose of Behind The Kitchen Door – to raise awareness of working conditions in order to develop public support for legislative solutions, specifically with regard to increasing the minimum wage. ROC’s goals are “are imminently winnable: increase the … Continue Reading... →

Saru Jayaraman and ROC-United were interviewed on Moyers & Company last weekend!February 26, 2013 We’re thrilled to be able to share the issues of Behind The Kitchen Door with the folks that tune into Moyers & Company nationwide. The full show featuring Saru Jayaraman and ROC-United, “Taming Capitalism Run Wild,” is currently the most … Continue Reading... →

Atlanta Constitution Journal – Op-ed: Health care can help stabilize workforce November 14, 2012 October 30, 2012 By Saru Jayaraman There’s been a lot of talk about the recent announcement by Darden, the world’s largest full-service restaurant company and owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster, that it would reduce workers’ hours to avoid having to … Continue Reading... →

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Philly Inquirer: Report: Restaurant wages hinder making ends meet October 12, 2012 Food server Victoria Bruton, 40, worked in Philadelphia restaurants most of her life where, she said, “I served people, but I couldn’t afford to eat where I worked.” Work was available, she said, although not lucrative. Her hourly pay maxed out … Continue Reading... →

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