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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…