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…
BREAKING NEWS: ROC United is suing Trump for constitutional violations of the emoluments clause. Learn more at www.rocunited.org/rocvtrump FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2017 CONTACTS: Tim Rusch, ruschtk@gmail.com, (917) 399-0236 Sian Lewis, sian@rocunited.org, (202) 601-3999 RESTAURANT…
On behalf of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, we extend our deepest condolences to the family of the brave Heather Heyer, a former restaurant worker turned paralegal, who lost her life standing up for racial equity. As an organization that…
We knew it wouldn’t be easy to defeat Andrew Puzder and the other NRA, but you stood up. We fought hard, and we won. The fight is far from over, however. The second choice for Secretary of Labor, conservative attorney…
The restaurant industry is dependent on the work of immigrants. “Everybody, everybody in the restaurant industry employs undocumented workers,” Jayaraman says. The most difficult
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…
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…
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…
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.